The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Sunday, Oct. 3, is urging more senior citizens to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Photo from Philippine Red Cross In a statement, the humanitarian organization has expressed its strong support to the World Health Organization’s (WHO)...
Editorial The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has decided to extend the pilot implementation of the new Alert Levels System for COVID-19 response in the National Capital Region (NCR) while relaxing some of the Level 4 restrictions that were...
The weekly number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Taguig has decreased by 21 percent. In its weekly report, the Taguig City government said from Sept. 24 to 30, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the city totaled 1,827 or an average of 261 new cases per day. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano...
The national government may have fallen short in getting more vaccine supplies against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but it surely did well in meeting its targeted number of population for inoculation, a Manila Bulletin’s analysis of the September data from the National Task Force (NTF)...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Saturday that it has already deployed a total of 847,856 COVID-19 vaccines since the vaccination rollout began last March. As of October 1, the City Health Office said 457,523 residents have been inoculated with the first dose of the vaccine and...
The number of administered vaccines in Manila reached 2.5 million on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the Manila Public Information Office (MPIO) announced that as of 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 30, the city has administered a total of 2,528,840 vaccines. About 1,349,079 individuals have received the first...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar said a total of 1,629 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Las Pinas City Jail were vaccinated against COVID-19. Citing the City Health Office (CHO) report, Aquilar said 227 female inmates and 1,402 male inmates were inoculated against the dreaded disease. The city...
President Duterte urged the public to not get more than the prescribed coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine shots, saying not only are they depriving the people who are yet to get vaccinated, it is bad for the body. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) Duterte made the statement as the...
For the first time, President Duterte floated the idea of visiting the United States of America (USA) to thank the Americans for donating coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement following the arrival of 5 million...
The pilot rollout of the pediatric vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or the vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old will begin on October 15, 2021. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a statement late Thursday night,...
The local government of Caloocan has administered a total of 1,535,334 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the city residents and workers. According to the city government, 848, 975 individuals from A1 to A5 categories received their first dose while 686,359 individuals have been fully vaccinated. The...
The Philippine government is expecting the delivery of more or less 100 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the month of October which is time for the expansion of the government’s vaccination program that would cover children and the general population. Secretary Carlito...
