Senator Francis Pangilinan on Saturday, June 12, thanked United States President Joe Biden for the two million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines it gave to the Philippines, saying it gives a much-needed boost to the country's COVID-19 vaccine supply. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Senate of the...
Areas with high numbers of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will get additional vaccine allocations, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday, June 12. (Photo from National Task Force Against COVID-19) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 60 percent of vaccines that arrived last...
A longer wait between the first and second doses will yield a stronger immune response, the head of the country's vaccine expert panel said Saturday, June 12. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa briefing, Dr. Nina Gloriani, chairperson of the Department of Science and Technology's...
Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are now allowed by the national government to purchase their own coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines as the immunization program is slowly being opened to more priority sectors. A micro, small, and medium entrepreneur...
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar hoped that Filipinos will play their part to free the country from the shackles of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar - PCOO - FILE PHOTO - MANILA BULLETIN Andanar made the statement as he joined...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Until the pandemic came along, who knew how a great many of us suffered from one type or another of allergies? The most asked question being “Have you been vaccinated?” followed by the second most asked, “What brand?”, it stands to reason that the next question...
The Philippines received on late Friday night, June 11, a shipment of 100,000 doses of government-procured Sputnik V--the single biggest shipment of the Russian coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to arrive in the country. A total of 100,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia arrive in the...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I promised to share some of my personal tips with other pandemic brides who may potentially come across this — how to keep ones sanity and stress the least while planning your milestone moment at a most tumultuous and transient time. A lot of brides...
The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP /...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to relay to the Philippines the final schedule of its solidarity vaccine trials next week as well as the brands of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the study. This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by...
A health worker prepares to administer Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Parañaque City on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is "open" on the idea of holding clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines on Filipino children. Health...
DOH/MB A total of 337 donated respirators were already distributed to government and private hospitals, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, June 11. The DOH also said that 63 remaining respirators are now “ready to be deployed” in areas that are currently experiencing a spike in...
