The Muntinlupa City government has recorded zero new Covid-19 cases on March 12 as its total number of active patients continued to decrease. Based on data from the City Health Office, Muntinlupa City had no new Covid-19 cases on March 12, bringing the total confirmed cases to 39,848 for March 11...
Around 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Quezon City Jail received their Covid-19 jabs on Saturday, March 12. In a GMA News report, QC Jail Supt. Michelle Bonto said that 903 PDLs got their Astrazeneca booster shots, while 219 new inmates were also vaccinated. They were given hygiene...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government is planning to extend the conduct of the fourth round of the national vaccination drive or the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" program after it only reached 44...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was not inclined to support the implementation of Alert Level 0 in the entire Philippines despite the improved Covid-19 situation. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. talks to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison...
The municipal government of Binangonan in Rizal is targeting to inoculate the remaining 29 percent of its target population in the vaccination program against Covid-19. (Photo courtesy of the Pamahalaang Bayan ng Binangonan Rizal’s Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) The office of Mayor Cesar Ynares...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the proposal to accept and recognize the Covid-19 vaccine certificates of Croatia, Cyrpus, and Nepal as sufficient proof of vaccination for several purposes, including entry to the country. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Undersecretary...
Some 430 children aged five to 11 years old were vaccinated in the newly opened pediatric Covid-19 vaccination site at the fast food restaurant, McDonalds, on Wednesday, March 9, and Thursday, March 10. According to the Pasig City Public Information Office (PIO), 190 kids were inoculated in the...
A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP An infectious disease expert urged the government not to drop the mandatory wearing of face masks if it decides to place some areas...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) temporarily suspended its pediatric vaccination for kids aged five to 11 due to a lack of supply of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer is the only Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be used for the age group....
The Philippine Red Cross' (PRC) said that its "Bakuna Bus" continues to travel around Metro Manila and Bulacan to reach and vaccinate individuals in far-flung communities. Students, faculty and non-teaching staff of the University of the East Manila campus in Sampaloc, Manila queue in line for a...
The fourth “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National Vaccination Days (NVD) Against Covid-19 officially kicked off on Thursday, March 10, with the national government prioritizing the administration of booster shots to eligible sectors. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo from NTF Against COVID-19)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) instructed all local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday, March 10, to make the necessary preparations for the fourth National Vaccination Days against Covid-19. Secretary Eduardo Ano (DILG photo)...
