To raise the number of people who have received their third dose of Covid-19 shot, the national government is planning to make booster vaccination mandatory and having a booster card as an additional requirement in various establishments. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said it is hard to convince fully vaccinated people to get their booster shots as they can access government and private sector services without the need for an additional dose. The mayor revealed this during the launching of the “Resbakuna sa Botika” program at...
Muntinlupa City continued to record low numbers for new Covid-19 cases in the last seven days as its active cases hovered in the 30s. Based on data released by the City Health Office (CHO), Muntinlupa added 50 new cases from Feb. 26 to March 4 or an average of 7 cases per day. Pediatric...
The expert panel of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 has recommended administering a fourth dose of the vaccine or second booster shot to senior citizens and people with comorbidities. NTF against Covid-19 Adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa on Friday, March 4, said the...
The city of San Juan launched on Friday, March 4, its drive-thru Covid-19 booster shot vaccination sites, as well as other sattelite vaccination areas to further boost the number of people being vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the...
A total of 1,180 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Bulacan Provincial Jail (BPJ) in the City of Malolos have already received their COVID-19 booster shots, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). The PHO said that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were used for the booster rollout...
A total of 63 million individuals in the Philippines have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but only 10 million individuals have so far received their booster jab, said National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa on...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Tuesday, March, 1, led the launch of the city's house-to-house COVID-19 booster shot vaccination program in Barangay San Perfecto. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) Zamora explained that the special vaccination was primarily intended for residents who are senior...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said it has no plans for now of giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that such measure is still being studied by the country’s vaccine experts. “Booster is still the first booster in terms of...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Adult Filipinos who are already eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should get vaccinated immediately as protection from the primary vaccination is...
Amid the low uptake of booster doses in the country, Malacañang renewed its call to the public to get their booster shots as "added protection" against COVID-19 and its variants as pandemic persists. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Citing data...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, on Wednesday Feb. 23 echoed President Duterte’s call to the public to get their booster shots once eligible as an additional protection against COVID-19. In his ‘’Talk to the People’’ address...
