Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday reminded Filipinos on the need to cooperate and share the responsibility in the fight against COVID-19 by continuing to observe the minimum health protocol. Angara made the call as he expressed concern on the alarming spike in new COVID cases over the past weeks....
Parents of children ages five to 11 years old in Malabon City may pre-register their kids to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the local government announced on Monday, Jan 3. The online registration form is posted on the city's Facebook page:...
To protect the people against the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a public health expert urged the national government to partner with the private sector in order to speed up the vaccination in the country. (File Photo / Unsplash) “Dapat itigil na ng government na sila lang ....
The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed support for the vaccination of younger children against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Secretary Leonor Briones, in a phone interview, said that vaccination especially among younger children will help in...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) may have fallen short of its target in fully vaccinating 54 million Filipinos by the end of 2021 but this does not deter them to set new goals and protect as many lives as possible this 2022. A woman gets her COVID-19 vaccine...
The Las Pinas City government suspended its COVID-19 vaccination for three days from Dec. 30 to Jan. 1. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the suspension was made to give all the health frontline workers -- the doctors, nurses and vaccinators -- time to spend the New Year celebration with their families....
Malacañang has reminded the public to play their part in preventing the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying nobody wanted to start the new year with a high positivity rate of the virus. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Cabinet...
The vaccination rate among tertiary students and higher education institution (HEI) personnel continued to scale up before the year 2021 ends, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (Image courtesy of CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Dec. 30, said that vaccination...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Thursday, Dec. 30, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) will recommend the implementation of mandatory vaccination to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Mayor Edwin Olivarez (Paranaque PIO photo) In an interview with DZBB, Olivarez said mayors in the National...
As the country deals with the continued threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) once again reminded the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) “The best protection against COVID-19 is to get vaccinated,” said PRC...
The Taguig City government has started the registration for the vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old. TRACE Taguig announced on Dec. 28 that the registration for vaccination is “now open for ages 5-11 years old.” Vaccination in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) “If you are a resident or student in...
Nearly 23,000 minors, aged 12 to 17 years old, have been fully vaccinated in Muntinlupa, the city government announced. As of Dec. 26, the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) and Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) said 22,836 minors got their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
