The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, March 23, reiterated that vaccination against Covid-19 is not a requirement for learners who wish to attend limited face-to-face classes. (NOEL B. PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have stated several times that we don’t require vaccination for...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay on Wednesday, March 23, gave his full support to the national government's efforts to expand its Covid-19 vaccination program to far-flung areas and provinces, especially those with low vaccination rate. Binay said that the move will...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the proposal to accept and recognize the Covid-19 vaccine certificates of Bulgaria, Iran, and Panama as sufficient proof of vaccination for several purposes, including entry to the country. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Secretary Martin...
ILOCOS SUR – Ilocos Sur was recently named as one of the Top Performing Local Government Units for systematically carrying out the vaccination effort among its constituents. While everyone can get vaccinated, the national government created a priority system to simplify the job. The award was...
The Covid-19 case rate in the Philippines remained low and manageable despite the spike being experienced in other parts of the world, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Galvez said that neighboring countries in Asia as well as those in Europe are suffering from...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, March 21 that it recorded 3,572 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases. (ALI...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) will conduct house-to-house vaccination for senior citizens. The house-to-house vaccinations is just one of the measures that the DOH 7 is taking to improve the vaccination rate involving senior citizens, said DOH 7 regional director Dr....
ILOILO CITY -- More than a month after the start of Covid-19 vaccination for children ages five to 11-years-old in Western Visayas region, about 30,649 have been fully vaccinated. Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Western Visayas regional director of the Department of Health (DOH-6), supervises the COVID-19...
Fully vaccinated Filipinos should get booster shots against Covid-19 to further increase their protection against the viral disease, an official of the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said. In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, March 19, emphasized the need for the country to learn from the lessons of the past to prepare for a possible Covid-19 surge in the future. Vice President Leni Robredo joins the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (VPLR Media Bureau) If...
A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in a COVID-19 vaccination center at the National Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua) The government is planning to conduct “special vaccination days” in areas...
Taguig City’s weekly tally of new Covid-19 cases has increased by 86 percent, an uptrend in the last two weeks. From March 11 to 17, the Taguig City government recorded 276 new Covid-19 cases, or 39 new cases per day, up by 128 cases or 86 percent from 148 new Covid-19 cases tallied from March 4...
