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...
Fourteen out of the 18 barangays in Navotas City listed zero Covid-19 active cases on Friday, April 8. These are barangays Bagumbayan North and South, Daanghari, Navotas East and West, NBBN, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, San Jose, San Rafael Village, San Roque, Sipac-Almacen, Tangos North, and Tanza...
Vaccine protection does not last forever. These were the words of Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) Chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani upon being asked why she stated that there should be a validity period in Covid-19 vaccination cards. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In an interview over One PH on Friday, April...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Giving incentives and imposing certain restrictions can help encourage more people to get inoculated instead of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory, said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Concepcion made the suggestion amid the low...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with local government units (LGUs), continues its Covid-19 vaccination in various towns as quarantine restrictions continue to ease with areas placed under Alert Level 1. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said it that it has...
The sacred observance of the holy month of Ramadan this April is hampered by the low vaccination rate against Covid-19 in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and health experts are worried it might cause a “mini surge” of cases. Vaccine czar Carlitos Galvez Jr. speaks...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III appealed to election candidates to promote the importance of Covid-19 vaccination among their supporters...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed hope that the Congress "can muster political will" to pass a measure that would make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory. The DOH and the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC)...
A year into the national vaccination program against Covid-19, the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 is still appealing to millions of unvaccinated Filipinos to seize the opportunity and get jabbed despite the improved pandemic situation in the country. A young girl gets her Covid-19...
