San Juan City Mayor Zamora revealed on Sunday that the city government will open an additional COVID-19 vaccination site to further boost the city's vaccination efforts. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) "Starting June ay magkakaroon na nang second...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Sunday that the city has already vaccinated 23,000 residents against COVID-19. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) "Meron na ho tayong 23,000 na San Juaneñong nabakunahan (There are now 23,000 San Juaneños vaccinated) and this is close to 27...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno A couple of days ago, we, along with the other heads of cities and municipalities, were directed by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to stop announcing the brand of vaccine slated for deployment in...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to publicize its accounting of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supplies that have been administered to promote transparency. Tolentino said that while he believes that each individual has the right to choose which vaccine...
Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Undersecretary Antonio Perez III is pushing the concerned agencies to use its in-house demographic vulnerabilities tool (DVT) to help them in their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Philippines has reached another milestone in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response as it breached four million doses of administered vaccines, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 announced Sunday, May 23. A total of 4,097,425 doses were injected as of May 22, data from...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to use the community patrol and official police social media accounts to assist in the information dissemination campaign aimed at convincing more Filipinos to be vaccinated against the...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar urged the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) when their turn comes, saying the light at the end of the tunnel was finally in sight. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar - PCOO - FILE PHOTO - MANILA BULLETIN Andanar made the...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Saturday that he received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto Facebook) "Kaninang hapon, ako po ang naging ika-57,858 na Pasigueño na nabakunahan! (Earlier this afternoon, I am the 57,858th Pasigueño vaccinated)." Sotto...
Senator Nancy Binay is proposing to include registered dentists and licensed medical technologists as among the medical personnel authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay filed Senate Bill No. 2212 on Tuesday, May 18, as she sought to amend the...
Vaccination should not be made a condition for poor families before receiving cash assistance under the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said on Saturday, May 22. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Senator Sonny Angara Official Facebook...
Filipinos should not be “brand conscious” when it comes to vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) because all of them have been thoroughly evaluated by experts. A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on Monday, April 05,...
