Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez urged city residents to continue the discipline even as the National Capital Region (NCR) deescalates to Alert level 1 starting Tuesday, March 1. Olivarez issued the appeal during the virtual flag raising ceremony held at the City Hall quadrangle on Monday, Feb....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the government to intensify its efforts to further improve the country’s vaccination rate. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, reiterated his suggestion to expand mobile and house-to-house vaccination, inoculation drives in...
Senator Sonny Angara on Monday urged the government to ramp up the vaccination against COVID-19 while cases are declining on a daily basis. Angara said the current data is encouraging and provides a strong argument in support of the effectiveness of getting innoculated against COVID-19. “Just...
The Caloocan City government announced on Sunday, Feb. 27, that they have already vaccinated a total of 28, 813 children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of Feb. 25. The total number was released by the city's Health Department (CHD). In a Facebook post, Mayor Oscar...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to over 600,000 children aged five to 11-years-old, the National Vaccination...
A total of 1,072 dogs and cats received anti-rabies shots from the Las Pinas City Veterinary Office to give the community and these pets protection against animal rabies. According to Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office (PIO) head, around 763 dogs and 336 cats were vaccinated on the first...
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax for use in the vaccination of children aged six to 11 in the European Union (EU) on Thursday, Feb. 24. Spikevax is now awaiting conditional marketing...
Welcomes kids with fun fare—free game tokens, balloons, and interaction with favorite mascots and superheroes on their vaccination day Coming from the successful pilot run of pediatric vaccination for ages 5 to 11 last Feb. 7, Robinsons Malls opens up more inoculation sites nationwide as it...
The Philippines is now recognizing national COVID-19 vaccination certificates from two more countries, Malacañang announced Thursday, Feb. 24. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – The local government unit (LGU) launched two pediatric vaccination sites to kick off Resbakuna Kids for children aged 5 to 11 years. On Feb. 23, Mayor Lourdes S. Cataquiz, along with other local officials, led the launch of the pediatric vaccination at Robinsons...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Adult Filipinos who are already eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should get vaccinated immediately as protection from the primary vaccination is...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has continued its deployment of its Bakuna Buses, Bakuna Centers, and Bakuna Teams to help the local government units in ramping up the vaccination efforts to protect unvaccinated individuals. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said that on Feb....
