Negligent local government units (LGUs) with poor daily coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) inoculation record will be investigated through the issuance of show-cause orders, Department of the Interior and Local (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday, Nov. 4. Año specifically pointed out to...
The municipality of Pateros in the National Capital Region (NCR) has achieved herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Data provided by Vice Mayor Gerald German and the office of Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce II showed that as of Nov. 3, a total of 61,092 individuals have...
NOVELETA, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) here kicked off its vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday (Nov. 3). Fifty minors with comorbidities were inoculated on the first day of pediatric vaccination and the municipal government is set to increase the number of vaccines...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said Metro Manila should stay under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 until the end of November. During the “Laging Handa” public briefing on Nov. 2, Ponce was asked by Unsersecretary Rocky Ignacio if he was in favor of downgrading the alert level in Metro Manila...
A minor receives a COVID-19 vaccine during the ceremonial vaccination of minors at Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Oct. 22, 2021. (Photo from Department of Health) A total of 40,419 children aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities has been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
The Pasay City government started the “Vacc to the Future” vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old on Wednesday (Nov. 3) at the Cuneta Astrodome. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said around 500 to 700 students from private schools and out-of-school youths (OSYs) were scheduled to receive the...
The country officially kicked off the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of all children and adolescents in Metro Manila aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, and Paranaque City...
The Antipolo City government has started inoculating minors aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in various COVID-19 vaccination centers in the city. The names of the minors who have previously registered in Antipolo Bantay COVID portal, the time and date of vaccination and the venue of the...
The country has a total of 49,595,696 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are stored in national cold storage facilities and have yet to be distributed to local government units (LGUs) due to issues on logistics. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to...
More than 310,000 people in Muntinlupa are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, as of Nov. 2, 310,011 individuals have received their full dose of the vaccine consisting of 304,537 vaccinated by the city government and...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has called on government to downgrade from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 the lockdown status of the National Capital Region as COVID-19 infections have started to wane. Crowd at flea market In a press statement, Velasco said he fully supports proposals to ease the COVID...
After the successful initial run of COVID-19 vaccinations for minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities, the San Juan City local government has started the inoculation of the rest of its pediatric residents on Wednesday, Nov. 3. “Following the IATF’s (Inter-Agency Task Force's) guidelines in...
