The United States government has welcomed the successful arrival to the Philippines of 2,282,850 doses of the American-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be shared among the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao. US Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law (4th from right) joined Philippine in...
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Luis Acosta / File photo / AFP ) The Philippines received on Thursday night, June 10, a total of 2.28 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX facility. The vaccines will be administered to those...
More coronavirus vaccines are on the way to the country, Malacañang assured the public Thursday after some vaccination hubs reportedly ran out of the life-saving jabs. A Makati resident receives a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a newly opened vaccination hub located at Glorietta 5 in...
Over 1.1 million coronavirus disease vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in a span of less than 12 hours. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) At around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10, one million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived at NAIA Terminal 2 on board Cebu...
Adrien Semblat and Isabelle Daza Netizens frowned at Isabelle Daza for a photo of her and her husband Adrien Semblat wearing caps with "Vaccinated by Pfizer." Apparently, some online users were offended by the couple's gesture and saw it as being "boastful." "If it's meant to raise awareness on the...
Lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) not to roll out the US-made Pfizer BionTech COVID-19 vaccines to children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed it for emergency use on minors 12 to 15 years old. 1-PACMAN party-list Representative Eric Pineda...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said is it now coordinating with the Department of Health (DOH) for the first importation of the United States (US)-made Pfizer vaccines to Visayas and Mindanao. Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Luis Acosta / File photo / AFP ) The two agencies held a series of...
The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) has welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that Pfizer jabs could now be administered to children aged 12 to 15, its spokesperson said Wednesday, June 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with GMA New's Unang Balita, PPS spokesperson...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
The first phase study on the real-world effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines will kick of at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), the project leader said Thursday, June 3. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Regina Berba, head of PGH's infectious control unit, said the study...
The Makati City local government postponed the administration of the second dose of Pfizer-inoculated residents set on Wednesday, June 2, due to the Department of Health's (DOH) failure to deliver the needed type of syringe for the vaccine. (Photo from Makati PIO) "Para sa inyong kaalaman, hindi po...
