Senator Francis Tolentino said he is elated to learn the decision of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to intensify its Covid-19 vaccination drive saying this would not only fast track the government’s main goal of achieving herd immunity, but...
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam started its vaccination program for children aged five to 11 on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported. The northern province of Quang Ninh is the first locality in the country to inoculate its children in this age group. The first batch of vaccines administered to the...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Air New Zealand no longer requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination and negative test for domestic and international fights. "As New Zealand moves through the peak of Omicron and the country's Covid-19 settings are relaxed, we will be adjusting some of our domestic and...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia reported 10,052 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,352,611, according to the health ministry. There are 21 new imported cases, with 10,031 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed. A...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 148,443 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,979,061, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was down from 195,419 the previous day and far lower than 224,788 a...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The Mexican government will begin immunizing children against Covid-19 with vaccines from the COVAX mechanism, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated on Wednesday. During his daily press conference, Lopez Obrador noted that by the end of the month the vaccination of...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- As the number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths continues to decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the pandemic remains a public health emergency, advising countries to be prepared to scale up Covid-19 response rapidly. "On Covid-19, there's good...
LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain has approved a new coronavirus vaccine by the Austrian-French drugmaker Valneva, the UK regulatory authority MHRA said on Thursday. "An approval has been granted after the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine was found to meet the required safety, quality and...
The country will receive from Bahrain an additional 240,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, 40,000 doses of which are Pfizer’s pediatric vaccines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced. Bahraini FM Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Photos...
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III reminded people to continue wearing face masks as they observe Holy Week to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He said Pateros is “zero Covid-19” but other local government units still have cases. Palm Sunday at San Roque Parish in Pateros (Photo from San Roque...
Department of Health (DOH) experts in epidemiologic modeling are seeing a possible increase in Covid-19 cases due to a decline in the population’s compliance with minimum public health standards (MPHS). DOH/MB In a statement on Thursday, April 14, the DOH said based on the...
