Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Before anything else, I would like to ask you, our dear readers, to please include Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna in your prayers so that she may recover speedily. As you probably know by now, she contracted COVID last week. It is sad that she got infected while...
Photo from Philippine Red Cross Facebook page The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has reached a new milestone in its pandemic response after it vaccinated more than 100,000 individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide. The humanitarian organization said it has already vaccinated a...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said local government units (LGUs) should aim to fully vaccinate 70 to 80 percent of their citizens against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if they want to avoid future lockdowns. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
Without a unified database for vaccine recipients in the country, Hong Kong’s initial decision not to honor the vaccination cards of Filipinos is “bound to happen,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, August 15. Vice President Leni Robredo (Charlie Villegas/OVP) During her weekly...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica reminded local government officials to not politicize the distribution of financial assistance and vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as these activities were important in overcoming the present health crisis....
PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) has appealed to the public to refrain from applying for a "yellow card" if they do not have a scheduled trip abroad. BOQ Director Dr. Roberto Salvador Jr. made the statement to ensure that those individuals who have an immediate schedule to...
Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila were urged to come up with ordinances penalizing individuals who would be found carrying out unauthorized inoculations using government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V...
The Manila city government opened 200 additional slots for its drive-thru vaccination at Luneta Park. (Manila Public Information Office photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Friday (August 13) that slots for its drive-thru vaccination will...
Data source: Food and Drug Administration | Pubmat: Manila Bulletin Five months since the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive started, more than 24 million vaccine doses have already been administered. The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination drive started last March 1,...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its stand that the use of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots is not yet officially recommended at this point. “Unang-una, kaya hindi pa mairekomenda ang booster doses, aside from equity of course as a major...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
