The Quezon City government has started administering COVID-19 booster shots to its health care workers on Tuesday, Nov.23. A total of 5,000 health care workers and non-medical personnel will be inoculated from Tuesday to Friday (Nov.23-26) in the city's vaccination sites. “Our healthcare workers...
The Las Pinas City government started administering booster shots against COVID-19 to the city's senior citizens on Tuesday (Nov. 23). Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office chief, said Mayor Imelda Aguilar is targeting about 4,000 senior citizens in the city to get the booster shot per day....
French Prime Minister Jean Castex (C) talks with local policemen during his visit to Lille as mask-wearing becomes mandatory in the city center amid concerns about an increase in COVID-19 cases, northern France, Aug. 3, 2020. (Xinhua) PARIS/BRUSSELS -- French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested...
The Mandaluyong City local government gave due recognition to all its partners that supported its COVID-19 vaccine deployment efforts. Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos and other city officials personally handed over certificates and plaques of appreciation to representatives of La Salle Green...
Patients may now avail of molnupiravir, an antiviral drug for the treatment of mild to moderate cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), under the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Bayanihan E-Konsulta program. The good news announced by Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday night, Nov. 22,...
The Pateros municipal government said it will start administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to fully vaccinated senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3). It said the scheduling will be based on the date of the vaccine recipient's second dose. Based on the...
Which brand should you get? CLINICAL MATTERS With the FDA giving the greenlight for the use of boosters among healthcare workers this November, the first legal boosters have already gone into some of the A1 group’s arms, including mine. At the time of this writing, only healthcare workers have...
For face-to-face learning to resume in urban areas particularly in schools located at the National Capital Region (NCR), there should be a high coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination rate for parents, teachers, and students alike. A parent holds her daughter as she receives her first dose of...
Former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao has called on the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to reconsider his arrest order and called for a “non-hostile” Senate inquiry into the government’s alleged procurement of overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical...
The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed optimism that more private schools will signify their intent to hold limited face to face classes once the pilot implementation has been completed. First day of pilot face-to-face classes at the Academica De Meridien Inc., a private school in San...
A group on Monday, Nov. 22, urged the public to report possible concerns of academic and non-academic personnel on the preparation and on the actual resumption of face-to-face classes nationwide. (Image from ACT Private Schools) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Private Schools enjoined the...
There are differences in each country's approach on how it will transition into "living with the virus", the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Monday, Nov. 22. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) For the case of the Philippines, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that one of the...
