HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam started its vaccination program for children aged five to 11 on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported. The northern province of Quang Ninh is the first locality in the country to inoculate its children in this age group. The first batch of vaccines administered to the...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Air New Zealand no longer requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination and negative test for domestic and international fights. "As New Zealand moves through the peak of Omicron and the country's Covid-19 settings are relaxed, we will be adjusting some of our domestic and...
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
Should he win in the May 2022 elections, presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said he would establish an immunization registry system for every local government unit (LGU) in the country. Marcos said this is to ensure that all Filipinos would have an easy...
The Las Pinas city government announced the suspension of vaccination activities against Covid-19 in all vaccination sites in the city on April 14 to 16. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the vaccinations will resume on Sunday, April 17. Aguilar said the vaccination activity was suspended for three days in...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, April 13 stressed how critical faster vaccine rollout is in accelerating the country’s return to normalcy following reports that some age groups and regions in the Philippines still have poor vaccine coverage. As chairman of the Senate Committee on...
A visibly concerned President Duterte ordered officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to convince their constituents to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in fear of a possible resurgence of coronavirus infections in the country. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot)...
The national government is studying the viability of administering a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose to select individuals to ensure their continued protection against the emerging variants of the coronavirus. Vaccine czar Carlitos Galvez Jr. speaks during the pre-recorded Talk to the People public...
The new Covid-19 vaccination site for children aged five to 11 years old in Valenzuela City is the Pasolo Elementary School. The transfer to the new vaccination site for the 5-11 age group from Malinta Elementary School was made as the Malinta Elementary School is now being used as a temporary...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez urged city residents, particularly senior citizens, to get boosted against Covid-19 for their additional protection. Olivarez said during the regular Monday (April 11) virtual flag raising ceremony sponsored by the Office of the Senior Affairs Association (OSCA)...
The Pasay city government announced that all vaccination sites in the city will be closed on April 13 to 15 in observance of the Holy Week. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said vaccination and booster shots will be administered at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Giga Site 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 11 to 12....
The Muntinlupa City government will deploy vaccination teams to different workplaces and public transport terminals to increase the number of booster shot recipients. As of April 7, a total of 122,149 individuals in Muntinlupa have received their booster shots, or 25 percent of the 486,579 who are...
