San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Wednesday that the city has recorded 165 active COVID-19 cases, a drastic decrease from the 1,296 cases last April 12. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "We attribute this enormous decrease to the strict...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat hailed the government's decision to expand the vaccination rollout to the next priority group, which is the A4 cluster. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat visits Intramuros on Monday, May 17, 2021, as it reopens two of its most...
STA. ROSA, Laguna - The local government unit here launched on Wednesday (May 19) a drive-thru vaccination station at Santa Rosa Community Hospital (SRCH). Let's Get Vac Santa Rosa / Facebook / Manila Bulletin People under priority groups A2, A3, and the remaining residents under A1 headed to...
Two opposition senators on Wednesday, May 19 cried foul over a Malacanang official’s suggestion to require coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps before receiving any government’s cash assistance. “Hindi dapat binubully ang...
Marikina City’s Pfizer COVID-19 facility was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for being ideal for the temperature-sensitive vaccine. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The fully air-conditioned vaccination facility for Pfizer was built by the local government unit (LGU) of Marikina in the...
More than 700,000 people in the country have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 19. (DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that a total of 3,299,470 vaccine doses were already administered....
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said the city government is targeting to finish vaccinating 385,000 eligible residents by November to achieve herd immunity. Vaccination at SM Center Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) During the “Bakuna Benefits” forum on Facebook organized by the...
What's the need for a mega vaccination facility if local government units (LGUs) are already carrying out high volume inoculations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Healthcare Without Harm Southeast Asia Executive Director Ramon San Pascual (Screengrab from Facebook Live) This was...
President Duterte reiterated his order to prioritize the police and military men in the ongoing vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), underscoring their important role in keeping the country safe amid the pandemic. President Duterte delivers his public address (File Photo:...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" believes that herd immunity can be achieved in the country by September this year through continuous vaccination. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government broke its own record with 15,763 vaccines deployed in a single day on Monday...
The Manila City Health Office has apologized to those who lined up but were not able to receive their Pfizer vaccine during the last day of rollout yesterday (May 18). Residents wait in line to be inoculated at Manila Prince Hotel on Tuesday. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Kami po ay humihingi ng...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Wednesday, May 19, all police regional and provincial directors to start coordinating with the Department of Health for the identification of police camps that could be used as vaccination sites amid the...
