Malacañang urged the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they want the Philippines a zero mortality rate. Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority lists which refer to medical frontliners, senior citizens, and people with...
Starting July 1, travelers vaccinated abroad who stayed in "green" or low coronavirus risk countries will be required to undergo shorter quarantine protocols upon arrival in the country. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The...
Four hours after confirming that President Duterte was now fully vaccinated, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the Chief Executive has yet to receive his second dose of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, President Duterte, and PSG commander BGen. Jesus Durante...
Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Brigadier General Jesus Durante III revealed that President Duterte has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since last month. President Duterte receives the coronavirus vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on May...
The Presidential Security Group (PSG) is considering allowing only individuals who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be present in President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA). Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Brigadier General Jesus Durante III...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) already flew over 1.78 million COVID-19 vaccines to 15 key domestic provinces since March 2021, with Cebu and Roxas as latest destinations. 14619 This is in line with the airline’s initiative to support the country’s goal to inoculate 58 to 70 million people to achieve herd...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to allow quarantine-free travel to the country's resort destination Phuket from July 1, government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said. The plan, known as the "Phuket Sandbox," will allow international visitors to enter and...
Get vaccinated or else face possible arrest. President Duterte has threatened to order the arrest of the anti-vaxxers or people who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A health worker prepares to vaccinate a resident of Tondo, Manila during an inoculation drive on June 20, 2021 (Ali...
A total of 148 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) and 19 jail personnel of the Bocaue Municipal Jail are now fully inoculated with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, the first jail facility to achieve the distinction in the country, the Bureau of Jail and Management Penology (BJMP) on...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged the government to expedite the release of standard quarantine protocols for vaccinated Filipinos to benefit not just returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW), but to fast track the country’s economic recovery as well. “Please make it sooner,...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has reminded passengers arriving from abroad who have been fully vaccinated in the Philippines that they are still required present a seven-day booking in a government-accredited quarantine facility upon their return. (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) BI...
Health workers inoculated the A5 group at the start of the vaccination program for the 1,000 poor residents of Baseco Compound in Manila. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed concern amid proposals to segrate unvaccinated people and those vaccinated...
