Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 8, called on the government, as well as the private sector to provide free transportation for senior citizens, persons with disability (PWDs) and indigent residents going to vaccination cites. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN) The chairperson of the Senate Committee...
After the national government kicked off the vaccination program for economic and government frontliners (A4), questions arise whether work-from-home (WFH) employees are also qualified to get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine even if they are not going out of their homes and exposing...
DAVAO CITY - Former Defense Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro was eligible to receive his COVID-19 vaccine in Davao, the regional director of the Department of Health here said Monday (June 7). In an online press briefing here, Dr. Annabelle Yumang said Teodoro, who was a former representative for...
Local Government Units (LGUs) have continuously intensified their preparations in anticipation of the arrival of more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the country this month, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 7. In a...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Very few adverse events have been reported among the Filipinos who got inoculated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a vaccine expert said Tuesday, June 8. Vaccinators inoculate workers belonging to the A4 priority group with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in...
The Taguig City government has announced that it will start administering vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for A4 priority group, or essential workers, on Wednesday (June 9). According to the Department of Health’s Memorandum 2021-0259 dated May 31, eligible to be classified as...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
The insufficiency of vaccines slowed down the immunization program of the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed Monday night, June 7. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. bares on June 7, 2021 that the lack of vaccines slowed down the weekly...
The expected delivery of 100,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Tuesday, June 8, will no longer push through, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. reveals on June 7, 2021 that the delivery of the 100,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines...
How did Sinovac become the first vaccine to be available in the Philippines? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana On June 1, 2021 the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the inclusion of Sinovac (Coronavac) in its COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The EUL is a list of vaccines reviewed by...
President Duterte sought the help of the local government units (LGUs) to find and convince the people who have not received the second coronavirus (COVID-19) shot yet to get fully vaccinated. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) Duterte made the statement after the National Task...
