Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. echoed the proposal of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property (IP) protections on vaccines to allow many countries to manufacture more coronavirus shots. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Malacañang) Locsin made...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that children are not yet eligible to participate in the government’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program as local health experts are still studying the safety of vaccines for this particular group of the population....
The Quezon City government has already vaccinated more than half of its target 1.7 million individuals against COVID-19. This came after 1,015,256 residents and workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 597,517, including those who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson's...
Vice President Leni Robredo reiterated the need to intensify efforts to vaccinate more Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the rise of the daily number of infections in the country. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo made the statement after the Department of...
True to his word, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led inspections at various vaccination hubs in the cities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa and Parañaque on Friday, Aug. 6 to ensure an orderly conduct of jabs. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (right, standing) briefs a...
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 will conduct an investigation of the alleged initiative to “sabotage” the government’s vaccination drive. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) NTF deputy...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has urged the public to remain calm even as he assured them that there was no truth to the information spreading online that the national government will prohibit unvaccinated persons from going out of their homes. People wait in line for their first dose of COVID-19...
As the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) began in the National Capital Region (NCR) Friday, August 6, the distribution of financial aid (ayuda) to qualified beneficiaries will possibly start next week, an executive of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) bared. DILG...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership told ground commanders Friday, Aug. 6, to closely coordinate with local chief executives about the vaccination systems and processes in their localities to prevent a repeat of the overcrowding seem at certain incoulation sites in the National Capital...
The Philippines has administered more than 710,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in a single day, which is another record for the country’s inoculation campaign against the dreaded disease. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Secretary Vince Dizon, National Task Force Against...
The Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) announced there will be no walk-ins at vaccination sites except for senior citizens during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from Aug. 6 to 20. “For the safety of everyone especially during ECQ, walk-ins will not be allowed in all...
Balanga Bataan Bishop Ruperto C. Santos is urging the public “to get vaccinated against the coronavirus to help fight the spread of the more infectious Delta variant.” Santos said all the members of the clergy and the religious in his diocese including the staff had been vaccinated. Bishop...
