Health Secretary Francisco Duque III clarified on Monday, Feb. 7 that parental consent cannot be replaced when it comes to vaccinating children ages five to 11. (Screenshot from PTV Facebook live / MANILA BULLETIN) He made the statement on the first day of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday said she is outraged at the Department of Health (DOH) for releasing a memorandum that enables the government to dismiss parental consent if a child is willing to be vaccinated. Marcos reminded the DOH that the government should not and can’t usurp parental...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is ready to start its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive for its younger population aged five to 11 starting on Monday, Feb. 7. The...
ft.com The Philippines will have enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines intended for children ages five to 11 after pharmaceutical giant Pfizer committed to supply the country with 30 million vaccine doses, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, Feb. 5. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government is eyeing to vaccinate about 1,000 children aged five to 11-years-old during the pilot implementation of COVID-19 vaccination among the said age group...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government will start distributing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for children aged five to 11 in the different pediatric vaccination centers starting Saturday, Feb. 5, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Starting ng madaling araw ng...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Filipino children are not compelled to receive the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, it reiterated that the vaccines can provide protection against the viral illness. This was the reminder of DOH...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government will not shelve its plan of vaccinating children aged five to 11 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the vaccines that will be used for them are safe and effective, the Department of Health (DOH) and National Task Force (NTF) against...
DOH The Philippines postponed the supposed roll out of COVID-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11 due to delay in the vaccine delivery. “The roll out for vaccinating children aged five-11 years old will be postponed for a few days due to logistical challenges,” the DOH said in a...
NCH WCPU Facebook Page As the COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged five to 11 years old begins on Friday, Feb. 4, National Children’s Hospital (NCH) chief Dr. Moriel DJ. Creencia has allayed the fears of parents whose children are about to get inoculated against the dreaded disease. She reminded...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that vaccination sites were already prepared as the Philippines is set to start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against the...
ft.com Around 780,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses for children aged five to 11-years-old are set to arrive in the Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 3, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivery is in time for the rollout of the COVID-19...
