The Task Group on Vaccine Evaluation and Selection (TG-VES) is expecting that "two or three more” vaccine developers will apply for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the Philippines. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
The Philippine government has appealed to rich nations to avoid hoarding the coronavirus vaccines, saying these former colonial masters do not have the sole right to survive the pandemic. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made a pitch for equitable distribution of the life-saving vaccines amid...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is urging local government units (LGUs) in the provinces to include the agency's frontliners in their vaccination programs against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Mufid Majnun/ Unsplash) BI Spokesperson Dana M. Sandoval explained that immigration...
Malacañang said that while President Duterte has not yet taken a position on the issue, the government has the authority to require vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as part of its police power. File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement in his Monday...
Storage facilities in Metro Manila will be able to handle the expected deluge of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the coming months. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos made this guarantee during the an interview Sunday morning, April 25, over DZBB...
Private companies must ensure the "equitable distribution" of their procured coronavirus vaccines and avoid giving "privileged access" to such supply, according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez. Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr (Photo: OPAPP/Manila Bulletin) Galvez also reminded private firms against...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, April 23, reported that 24 deaths have been recorded following vaccination in the country. But the country’s food and drug regulatory agency noted that most of the fatalities were classified as “coincidental” and unrelated to the vaccination....
Cebu Pacific (CEB) transported 77,800 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines to six cities this week, flying in a total of 130,800 doses nationwide since last month. Its latest airlift earlier today (April 9), brought 6,000 doses of vaccine to Tuguegarao. This week’s batch of consecutive shipments...
Six Philippine pharmaceutical firms are planning to venture into local vaccine manufacturing, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez revealed. At the President Duterte’s “Kumusta Na Po Mahal Kong Kababayan” broadcast Wednesday (March 24) night to update Filipinos on COVID-19...
Antipolo City continued inoculating its frontliners on Monday (March 15) after receiving an additional 1,156 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac and AstraZeneca over the weekend. (Jun-Andeng Ynares / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination will be held until Wednesday (March 17) at the Antipolo City...
All the 300 doses of Sinovac vaccine allocated by the national government to Makati City were administered to health workers at the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) during the first day of vaccination rollout on Friday (March 5), Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said. (MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Vergel P. Binay,...
