Vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and United States (US) Embassy Chargé d'Affaires John Law greeted each other with a fist bump as they welcomed the arrival of 813,150 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday night, Aug. 11, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). (Photo from...
More than 800,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were delivered to the country on Wednesday night, Aug. 11, which comprise the third tranche of jabs that were procured by the national government from the United States. A total of 813,150 doses of Pfizer vaccine...
Five modular hospital units were launched by the national government at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City on Wednesday, Aug. 11, to accommodate more patients that were afflicted of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (third from right) leads top...
The national government has secured the delivery of an additional 813,150 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday night, August 11. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on COVID-19 vaccination program on July 12, 2021. (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM...
Some social media users took to social media to express worry about the non-inclusion of the delivery of Russian vaccine Sputnik V this month, saying some of them have yet to receive their second dose. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov...
More than 17.98 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be delivered in the country in the remaining days of the month, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed Monday night, August 9. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the country's...
The national government received Sunday afternoon, August 8, the third tranche of the Moderna vaccine that it procured through a tripartite agreement with the private sector represented by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and owned by ports mogul Enrique Razon Jr. The...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has urged the public to remain calm even as he assured them that there was no truth to the information spreading online that the national government will prohibit unvaccinated persons from going out of their homes. People wait in line for their first dose of COVID-19...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have facilitated the clearance of the latest batch of Sinovac vaccines to arrive in the country. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) One million doses of the anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from...
The implementation of the two-week Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila is aimed at preventing the Philippines from turning into India and India which were both swept by the upsurge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mainly due to the Delta variant. Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr.,...
President Duterte is supporting moves to accelerate the improvement of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and this has been discussed numerous times during the meetings of the Task Force against COVID-19, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on Wednesday, August 4. Galvez made the remark...
Exactly five months since the inoculation program began, only 12.87 percent out of the more than 70 million targeted eligible population have so far been fully vaccinated, raising questions if the national government can achieve its goal of achieving herd immunity by the end of 2021. An airport...
