Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose 'Joey' Concepcion III said hastening booster vaccination among Filipinos will not slow business activity but will instead benefit the country in the long term and in many ways. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (Screenshot from...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) urged fully vaccinated adults to get their booster shots against Covid-19 amid concerns over the Omicron XE variant. PCP President Dr. Maricar Limpin said cases could spike again if this new variant of Covid-19...
NEW DELHI, India -- The prices of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines have been slashed in India, the companies announced Saturday. Both vaccines will cost 2.96 U.S. dollars per dose. India's federal health ministry Friday announced that those above the age of 18 years, nine months after the...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's medical regulator has provisionally approved Covid-19 booster vaccines for adolescents as young as 12. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on Friday announced provisional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine as a booster for Australians aged 12-15,...
The Muntinlupa City government will deploy vaccination teams to different workplaces and public transport terminals to increase the number of booster shot recipients. As of April 7, a total of 122,149 individuals in Muntinlupa have received their booster shots, or 25 percent of the 486,579 who are...
Citing the country’s low booster vaccination rate, National Task Force against Covid-19 Adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa on Saturday, April 9, urged the public to get boosted while on vacation during the Holy Week. Herbosa said there are only around 12.1 million individuals who have...
Vaccine protection does not last forever. These were the words of Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) Chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani upon being asked why she stated that there should be a validity period in Covid-19 vaccination cards. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In an interview over One PH on Friday, April...
Vaccination of children in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it has already sent a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the emergency use authorization (EUA) of Covid-19 vaccines to allow the administration of booster shots for children aged 12 to...
More than 121,000 individuals have already received their booster shots in Muntinlupa City. Based on data from the City Health Office, as of April 6, a total of 121,428 individuals have been given their booster shots. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The total is equivalent to...
If vaccines have expiration dates, then vaccine cards should do too. This was the call of medical experts to the government in a bid to hasten booster vaccinations across the country due to waning immunity and amid reports of new variants of Covid-19. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Giving incentives and imposing certain restrictions can help encourage more people to get inoculated instead of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory, said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Concepcion made the suggestion amid the low...
In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly patient at the Dunkirk hospital. French Prime Minister announced on March 12, 2022 the opening of the fourth dose of vaccine "to the over 80s who have received their booster dose for more than three...
