Which brand should you get? CLINICAL MATTERS With the FDA giving the greenlight for the use of boosters among healthcare workers this November, the first legal boosters have already gone into some of the A1 group’s arms, including mine. At the time of this writing, only healthcare workers have...
Medical frontliners in Quezon City can get their COVID-19 booster shots starting Nov. 22, the local government announced on Friday, Nov 19. The inoculation of booster shots will be held in different hospitals and vaccination sites in the city. The schedule, venues, and process of the vaccinations...
The Muntinlupa City government started giving fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers their booster shots on Friday, Nov. 19. A ceremonial administration of booster shots was held at SM Center Muntinlupa in Bgy. Tunasan. Other vaccination sites that will start giving booster shots are Ayala...
The Las Pinas City government will start administering COVID-19 booster short to the city’s health workers on Saturday (Nov. 20) Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) recorded a total of 3,700 health workers belonging to the A1 category who were fully vaccinated and scheduled to...
A vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18, that the elderly should also be urgently prioritized in the country’s administration of booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)...
The Taguig City government started giving booster shots to fully vaccinated healthcare workers on Wednesday, Nov. 17. It was held at the vaccination hub at Samsung Hall in SM Aura at Bonifacio Global City in Bgy. Fort Bonifacio. “Salute to Taguig City Government for being one of the first cities...
Healthcare workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City were among the first to get the booster shots provided by the national government as “early Christmas gifts” to them after its administration was officially launched on Wednesday, Nov. 17. A healthcare...
The administration of booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and individuals with comorbidities will likely begin next month. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was the estimate given by Sec. Carlito Galvez JR., vaccine czar and chief...
Clinical Matters Nothing is more contentious these days than the discussion surrounding additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Israel, having reached a high level of vaccination for its citizens, started offering boosters to its elderly population early on, followed by younger and younger age...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Eric Domingo on Friday, Sept. 24, warned the private sector against purchasing coronavirus vaccines that will be administered as "booster shots." During a forum organized by the University of the Philippines (UP),...
A member of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is weighing the need for booster coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for frontline health workers who received Sinovac jab. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Rontgene Solante, who is also an infectious diseases expert,...
Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be the first ones to be given a booster shot for an added protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday, Sept. 13, that the administration of booster shots...
