To encourage its citizens to get jabbed, Las Piñas, which has seen a spike in vaccination rates, is giving away prizes (Las Piñas PIO) To get vaccinated is a reward unto itself at a time when vaccine supply is still low, but the City of Las Piñas, in an effort to encourage its citizens to get...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged the government to expedite the release of standard quarantine protocols for vaccinated Filipinos to benefit not just returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW), but to fast track the country’s economic recovery as well. “Please make it sooner,...
The government must obligate the P173-billion from Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 before the law expires on June 30, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Sunday, June 20. Pangilinan said the government should ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination program using the funds under...
Are you planning to have a booster shot against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after completing the two-dose regimen? A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
A vaccine expert warned Saturday, June 19, that another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant could possibly emerge if the public, including those fully vaccinated individuals, keeps violating the minimum public health standards set by the government. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Quezon City government will be launching another mode of vaccination booking process so residents can make appointments more easily. This came after a number of residents encountered difficulty getting schedules for their inoculation through barangay-assisted booking process and through the...
Manila city broke its own single-day vaccination record for the third time in one week on Friday (June 18) with 27,626 COVID jabs deployed. (Manila City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The local government started the week with 25,668 vaccines deployed on June 14 and was able to surpass the record thrice on...
A total of 75 employees working as frontliners for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Central Office in Pasay City were vaccinated with the help of the Pasay City local government unit's vaccination program. The administration of the first dose to 75 CAAP workers was held at the...
A standard quarantine protocol for Filipinos who are vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here in the country and in abroad is now being formulated by the technical working group (TWG) of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19. (File Photo/ JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Taguig City government has already administered 210,724 first and second doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. On Friday, the Taguig Vaccination Bus went to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in Bonifacio Global City and inoculated 130 employees who belong to the A4 priority...
A total of 100 personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DSWD personnel receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a ceremonial vaccination on June 16, 2021, at the East...
The Quezon City government has taken pride in its speedy COVID-19 vaccination process as those getting inoculated only have to spend less than an hour to get the jab. Mayor Joy Belmonte commended on Friday the city’s medical frontliners and volunteers for the swift implementation of all the...
