BERNADAS (PIA) CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH Region 7) is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to allow walk-ins in vaccination sites. DOH Region 7 Director Jaime Bernadas said accepting walk-ins will help speed up the government’s vaccination campaign and will...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday reported another record-breaking number of COVID-19 doses administered to its resident with 41,826 doses given to those belonging to the A1 to A5 categories, surpassing its own record of 37,234 doses given on Monday. Quezon City also topped Manila as a city...
Vice President Leni Robredo should expand her Vaccine Express vaccination project drive-through to include Visayas and Mindanao where there have been reported surges of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said on Wednesday, June 23....
Manila’s single-day vaccination rate breached the 35,000-mark on Wednesday, June 22, breaking the city’s previous records. (MANILA CITY PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said the city was able to deploy 35,572 vaccines on June 22 which is 7,930 more than its June...
Celebrity Anne Curtis has urged Makati City residents like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19. She made the call after receiving her first vaccine shot at Palanan Elementary School on Tuesday (June 22). “I would just like to encourage you na magparehistro na po para magpabakuna (to register...
Quezon City has surpassed Manila as the city in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the highest number of single-day vaccine doses administered to residents. This came after 37,234 doses were given in the city's 41 vaccination sites on Monday, topping Manila's June 20 all-time high record of...
Noting how “technologically-heavy” the Makati City government’s vaccination program is, Senator Nancy Binay appealed to the local government unit led by her sister Mayor Abigail Binay to make COVID-19 vaccines accessible to low-income, non-tech savvy constituents who do not know how to...
A credible and massive information campaign about the national government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines is the best antidote to the vaccine hesitancy of most Filipinos, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday. Hontiveros issued the reminder as she thumbed down President Duterte’s threat to...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagaoso said he re-allowed walk-ins in the city’s vaccination sites because the scheduling system turned out to be a failure. (MANILA CITY PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday, Domagoso said he only re-implemented the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Tuesday that the city now only has 67 active COVID-19 cases as of June 21. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) In a Facebook post, Zamora also said that four barangays in the city have been declared COVID-19 free. "Four barangays, namely,...
The Philippines’ vaccine expert panel has underscored the need of fully vaccinating majority of the country’s population amid the threat of the more transmissible variants of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the country’s vaccine expert...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto urged his constituents on Monday to be patient as they wait for their turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto Sotto issued the call during his update to the city after a resident asked why the city's vaccination program seems too slow. "Minsan...
