Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. promised on Wednesday, June 16, that he would allocate more vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mindanao after a lawmaker expressed frustration over the apparent lack of supply despite the surge of cases in the region over the past weeks. Vaccine...
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should disclose the prices of COVID-19 vaccines and submit to the Senate Committee of the Whole the supply agreements the Philippines has signed with vaccine manufacturers for scrutiny. Drilon made the call ahead of...
With many of his constituents and even relatives dying of and currently afflicted with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez slammed national government officials for their alleged slow response to the immediate needs of Mindanao to...
Around 1,500 barangays in the Philippines have been identified as the focus of the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national governments started the inoculation of economic frontliners, or those under the A4 classification. This developed as one million doses of Sinovac...
Whether it’s one million as earlier reported or 113,000 as clarified by the Department of Health (DOH), Vice President Leni Robredo said the government should “fix the system” to ensure that everyone who got inoculated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine gets their second dose, too....
The government is hoping the coronavirus vaccination drive will pick up as additional vaccines are expected to arrive in the country. Government frontliners receive Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at the vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 04, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Monday night, May 31, that the country has the highest vaccine "throughput" in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) At a rate of at least 150,000 doses being administered daily, Galvez said the...
As promised by the Russian government, 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines were flown into the country late Sunday night, May 31. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Qatar Airways flight (QR928) that carried the anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 at 10:23 p.m....
Despite the coronavirus vaccine supply problems, the Philippines should still aim for high targets on COVID-19 vaccination to achieve herd immunity, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP/Facebook) Speaking on her weekly radio show with radioman Ely...
Senator Cynthia Villar is pushing the government to allow fully vaccinated senior citizens to go out by June 1. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food panel, during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on the government's decision to open up the...
A total of 12.25 million vaccine doses against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to be delivered in the country in June as the national government seeks to ramp up the immunization program, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Wednesday night, May 26. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, May 25, appealed to President Duterte, Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., and other concerned officials to consider giving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including seafarers, the appropriate and acceptable vaccines in their respective...
