The Taguig City Vaccination Task Force has opened the registration for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination for the A4 priority group, or essential workers. It said it has received the guidelines for the vaccination of the A4 category, “defined as all individuals who are required to go out...
One hundred thousand doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia will be delivered to the country on Tuesday, June 8, according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of OPAPP)...
The national government has officially started the vaccine roll-out of the A4 priority sector or the economic and government frontliners on Monday, June 7, at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks at the symbolic rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program for A4...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said there should be an international agreement to have a standard certificate so it will not be difficult for countries to authenticate coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made...
The country has a reached a "major milestone" in the fight against the pandemic with the start of the mass vaccination, particularly the essential workers in the public and private sectors, President Duterte declared Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by...
The rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations among teens highlights the importance of vaccination, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Brianna Banuelos (L), 12, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles,...
If not enough countries will band together and commit to vaccine equity, COVID-19 will continue to evolve and humanity may be consigned to a never-ending pandemic. It’s a race against time. While the first generation of vaccines has demonstrated high levels of efficacy, these need to be...
The Commission on Audit has commended the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for being “relentless in its efforts” in the country’s fight against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The VMMC is among the few government instrumentalities and agencies that received commendation from...
Vaccination from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isn't a requirement for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Singapore. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) This was relayed to the public by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Sunday, June 6, after it received such assurance from...
DOH/MB The total number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines stood at 59,337 after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 7,228 new infections on Sunday, June 6. The DOH said that the active cases represent 4.7 percent of the country’s overall caseload which is...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) continues to increase the Lung Center of the Philippines' capacity for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, and for good reason. (Photo from DPWH) DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said in a statement Sunday, June 6 that the Task Force to...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon did not hold back his words in urging the public to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to avail of the protection that the jabs provide. Philippine Red Cross Chairman Sen. Richard...
