In a bid to vaccinate workers in the city to revive the local economy, the city government of Marikina has inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with a homegrown private company in the city. (Jel Santos/Manila Bulletin) Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro forged the agreement with...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid We thought that the main hurdle in the current mass vaccination program, the most ambitious health project we’ve ever undertaken, was the slow pace in the administration of the vaccine. It was at the beginning, but the low rate of acceptance of COVID-19...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Will the journey never end? Now DOH doctors are telling us we’ll need a third dose, what’s called a booster shot, to complete the vaccination process. “DOH, they make me sick!” said Corito, who belongs to a family of doctors. We’re a captive market, all 110...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Health (DOH) are bracing for the expected influx of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the coming weeks. COVID-19 vaccines being handled upon their arrival at NAIA. (Ariel Fernandez / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The BOC welcomed on Thursday,...
The government is not giving some places the preferential treatment in the allocation of the popular coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, Malacañang clarified Friday, May 28. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained that the allocation of US-made vaccines to Metro Manila, Metro...
Special vaccination lanes must be established for the country's health workers, senior citizens and people with comorbidity based on the latest decision of the government's pandemic task force. A Manila resident receives a first shot of the coronavirus vaccine from a health worker at the Manila...
Two more local firms added to the country’s list of potential local vaccine manufacturers, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina L....
Malacañang did not express alarm over reports that Filipinos in classes D and E were still hesitant to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but said this may change the moment many people have received the jab. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The government may allow overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) to choose their coronavirus vaccines if a certain brand will be required by their employers abroad. A nurse holds two vials of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines that will be distributed at a hospital in Makati City on May 12, 2021. (Ali...
Now is not the time to be picky about the brand of the coronavirus vaccine. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Taguig City resident at a local vaccination site on May 25, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte issued the latest appeal to the public to get vaccinated...
No place in the country will have exclusive access to Pfizer vaccines. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte has ordered the equitable distribution of different brands of coronavirus...
Vice President Leni Robredo wants the government to start shifting its vaccination drive to the provinces by sending more COVID-19 vaccine doses there because of the rising cases outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “Sana mas...
