The Muntinlupa City government has started vaccinating the A4 priority group, or essential workers, Thursday. 11681 The number of vaccines administered in the city has reached nearly 95,000 doses. Included in A4 are workers who are residents of Muntinlupa, or non-residents who work in the city, and...
A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that all coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are already approved in the Philippines are safe and...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to fast track the release of all coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in stock to help address the increased demand among A4 priority groups. Binay lamented some local government units (LGUs) are...
Around 1,500 barangays in the Philippines have been identified as the focus of the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national governments started the inoculation of economic frontliners, or those under the A4 classification. This developed as one million doses of Sinovac...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza Senator Cynthia Villar says it’s “unfair” to keep senior citizens locked up in their homes even after they’ve had their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. What’s the vaccination for if not for their protection outside the four walls of their home? The good...
’TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino About 400 universities and colleges in the United States have reportedly required foreign students mostly from India — who were already inoculated — to re-vaccinate since the brands they had taken have yet to secure a “green light” from the World...
Piolo Pascual Kapamilya star Piolo Pascual raised the mercury level as he almost removed his shirt when he got the COVID-19 jab. On Twitter June 9, Piolo wrote: "first jab done ...then I died (joke!)...#goodcitizen." Piolo's nearly shirtless photo garnered attention and made others envy his...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar on Wednesday, June 9 underscored the importance of launching the anti-COVID-19 vaccination for the country’s essential workers. Villar said Las Pinas City has started jabs for essential workers or individuals tagged under the A4 category,...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Filipinos' "likes" on social media site Facebook on coronavirus vaccines have increased along with the vaccination rollout in the country in May, as shown in the data analysis conducted by campaigns and management firm Blueprint.PH. During its Data Newsroom Series on...
The local government of Navotas City temporarily stopped Wednesday the vaccination of those belonging to the A-4 category or the economic frontliners as it ran out of COVID-19 vaccine supply. (Mayor Toby Tiangco FB page/MANILA BULLETIN) This came as the local government consumed all its Sinovac...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday renewed his call for the government to ramp up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program and increase its daily vaccination rate. Drilon said he is concerned about the high percentage of people who do not return for their second dose of...
The national government will welcome 3.2 million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines on Thursday, June 10, the biggest single-day vaccine arrival so far. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer...
