(Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) The government is still “far” from reaching its target of vaccinating at least 70 percent of the country’s total population against COVID-19, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, June 13. “As of now, yung mga fully vaccinated nasa...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco has expressed concern over the national government's directive to administer the reserved second doses of COVID-19 vaccines to residents who have yet to receive their first shot. Tiangco in a Twitter post said that as much as he wanted to reserve the city's existing...
The Pateros municipal government has launched an express registration through texting for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to encourage more people to sign up. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (Pateros Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III announced the additional...
Even "stars" need to get inoculated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Actor Joross Gamboa receives his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine during the immunization of movie industry workers at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Makati City on June 11, 2021....
Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay has slammed the government for announcing the vaccination of essential workers despite the inadequate supply of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, calling it a “cruel joke” to workers. Jojo Binay's Facebook page/Manila Bulletin He said the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Friday that the city now only has 88 active COVID-19 cases as of June 10. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora) "I attribute this to the concerted efforts of the San Juaneño people to follow health protocols and our local government's intensified...
The Manila city government has released 8,000 COVID-19 2nd dose vaccines which will be used for the 1st dose vaccination of the A2 and A4 priority groups in the city on Friday (June 11). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The COVID-19 vaccines will be deployed in the city's...
Now that a more substantial number of vaccines is set to arrive in the country this month – about 9.95 million as per vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr. – expect the country’s vaccination rollout to shift to high gear in the third quarter of 2021. As of Wednesday, June 9, 2021, a total of...
The inoculation of Caloocan City residents belonging to the A-4 category or the economic frontliners will continue after the local government received on Wednesday a new supply of vaccines from the national government. The city's public information office said 19,720 doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, June 10, reiterated its support to the mass vaccination program of the government. DSWD personnel were inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines during the ceremonial vaccination of essential workers and economic frontliners listed under...
The first shot of any coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine that would be allocated for the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the A4 category will be administered to Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, the top official said on Thursday, June 10. The PNP is yet to receive its...
The Makati City local government opened on Thursday its newest vaccination site as it started to inoculate people under the A4 (economic frontliners) priority group. (Photo from Makati PIO) The vaccination site, which is located at the 3rd floor of the Glorietta 5 mall on Ayala Avenue, can...
