BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – The city government launched its third pediatric vaccination site for kids aged 5–11 years at Splash Island on Wednesday (Feb. 23). Biñan City opens its third pediatric vaccination site for kids aged 5–11 years. (Carla Bauto Deña / MANILA...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, on Wednesday Feb. 23 echoed President Duterte’s call to the public to get their booster shots once eligible as an additional protection against COVID-19. In his ‘’Talk to the People’’ address...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that the succeeding national coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drive will focus on senior citizens. In an interview over GMA News, Año noted that the government will...
The country continues to experience a steady decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and remains to be under low-risk case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in...
Local government units (LGUs) should be able to meet their vaccination targets for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before being allowed to be placed under Alert Level 1, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. proposed on Monday night, Feb. 21. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2,...
The national government is looking to intensify the conduct of house-to-house vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as vaccination centers have now reached their “saturation point,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday night, Feb. 21. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
About 15,200 deaths for every 1 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines have been recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A health worker prepares a syringe with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive for schoolchildren...
The Paranaque City government will be accepting walk-ins for the vaccination of children, aged 5 to 11, on Feb. 22 to 25 at Ayala Malls Manila Bay. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said only residents and children of Paranaque City Hall employees will be allowed to walk-in at the Ayala Malls vaccination site...
Amid the so-called “inflection point” in the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation drives, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 pushes for “more convenient” and “more accessible” vaccination programs in the Philippines. (Unsplash) “Nagf-flaten na ‘yung...
Around 1,500 children received their vaccination shots against the Coronavirus 2019 during the vaccination drives at the NOMO-A Vista Lifestyle Center in Bacoor and the Vista Mall in Dasmariñas as part of the Villar Group’s efforts to fight COVID-19. Camille Villar, managing director of the...
President Duterte remembered his circumcision experience during his late-night public address on Monday, Feb. 21, which he described as "traumatic." President Duterte's "Talk to the People" on Feb. 21, 2022. (RTVM Screenshot) "Ako, ma-remember ko, ang una kong bakuna tapos yung pag-tuli ko (I...
President Duterte is happy about how Filipinos are working together to make the country's pediatric vaccination program against the coronavirus (COVID-19) be an easier experience for the children. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) In his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" aired late Monday...
