DAVAO CITY – The local task force on coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has urged unvaccinated and individuals eligible for boosters here to get inoculated to protect themselves from transmission and severity of the disease as it reported that the positivity rate has increased to three percent...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government will start providing Covid-19 booster shots to immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday, June 22, an official of the Department of Health...
An official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has expressed support to the proposal to limit the people entering airconditioned establishments to those who have a Covid-booster shot. “At tuluy-tuloy pa rin iyong ating kampanya na talaga ang panlaban dito sa Covid-19 ay...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has approved the recommendation to administer Covid-19 booster shots for adolescents aged 12 to 17. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has already signed this recommendation of the Health Technology...
Nearly 11,000 people have been given their second booster shot in Muntinlupa, the City Health Office (CHO) reported. As of June 17, 10,972 individuals have been given the second booster shot out of the 141,449 who got their first booster shot or 7.75 percent. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is targeting to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 next week, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "We are looking at mid-next week to start with immunocompromised," said Health...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is expected to release the guidelines for the administration of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for children aged 12 to 17...
Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) Chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani urged the national government to consider the administration of the fourth vaccine shot or the second booster jab to the general population. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “Maybe we should really consider now with all these uptick . We do not...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the different vaccination sites to only give the second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot to eligible individuals. “As of the moment, only frontline healthcare workers (A1 Priority Group), senior citizens (A2 Priority Group), and...
The soaring prices of fuel and goods in the country poses a bigger threat and not the Omicron variant and rising infection rates, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said on Saturday, June 11, as he warned against making first Covid-19 booster shot mandatory. Presidential...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The second booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine is not yet recommended for the general population, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public anew. "Kami ay paulit-ulit na nagpapaalala sa local governments pati na rin sa ating mga kababayan. Ito pong fourth dose o yung...
Muntinlupa recorded 11 total active Covid-19 cases while its total recipients of second booster shots rose to more than 8,000 amid the detection of Omicron subvariant cases in the country. Data from the City Health Office showed that as of June 8, seven new Covid-19 were tallied, coming from...
