The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, April 18, said the projection of at least 300,000 active cases of Covid-19 by mid-May is possible should the public continue to neglect minimum health and safety protocols. This statement has sent ripples of concern especially in view of the fact that...
A total of 2,420,453 individuals in Quezon City have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Tuesday, April 19. The figure includes all adults and minors in the city. Meanwhile, 2,252,758 of the adult population have received at least one dose of the vaccine including those who got the...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
The Philippines’ accelerated Covid-19 vaccine deployment was hailed as among the most laudable by G20 (Group of Twenty), an influential intergovernmental forum comprised of 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the Covid-19 vaccination...
The Department of Health (DOH) is seeing a gradual increase of Covid-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the statement at the summary of his report during the President's pre-recorded public address on...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez acknowledged the hard work of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) in bringing down the confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the city to nine. During the regular virtual flag raising ceremony on Monday, April 18, Dr. Darius Sebastian, CESU head, reported...
It is more important to focus on the number of vaccinated people in the country than on the number of Covid-19 cases, World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rajendra Yadav said. WHO representative to the Philippines Dr. Rejendra Yadav (Screenshot taken from...
National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa, on Sunday, April 17, once again reiterated the importance of getting vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 amid the emergence of new subvariants and the lingering threat of waning immunity. (Ali Vicoy /...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has appealed once again to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Health (DOH) to give certain areas ample lead time to increase their fully vaccinated rate, including...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The government is eyeing to start providing second Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some sectors this week, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, April 17. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said they are still waiting for the final...
Aside from mass vaccination, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) facilitated a Covid-19 vaccine information drive in Zamboanga del Sur. (Image courtesy of DSWD) In support of the vaccination program of the national government against Covid-19, DSWD conducted mass vaccination and...
Senator Francis Tolentino said he is elated to learn the decision of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to intensify its Covid-19 vaccination drive saying this would not only fast track the government’s main goal of achieving herd immunity, but...
