President Duterte has slammed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the hoarding of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines by wealthy countries. JAB HOARDING SLAMMED--President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the UNGA via a taped message on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP) The country is targeting to establish a "fill and finish" facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disease vaccines by next year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. "Ang plano po natin by next year, magkaroon po tayo at least yung tinatawag po nating fill...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion defended the "Bakuna Bubble" concept Saturday, Sept. 18 from claims that it would only lead to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among vaccinated individuals. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion cannot help but feel upbeat about the vaccination of workers in the private sector following the "timely" arrival of 600,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Friday morning, Sept. 17. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and...
BRASÃLIA, Brazil – Despite a slow start plagued by much controversy that still haunts President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's coronavirus vaccination campaign is now one of the fastest-paced and farthest-reaching in the world. A woman receives a jab of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine from a...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Vaccine Express initiative has helped fully vaccinate 2,935 people in Quezon City as part of her office’s goal to speed up the government’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the Vaccine Express site during the last day of the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE An opinion column I read Monday cites a massive testing and treatment program which is patently FALSE. Majority of testing occurs in private labs that operate more efficiently and are paid for by individuals being tested since PhilHealth will not reimburse non-admission cases....
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines will receive additional 10 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX facility, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, Sept. 14. “We are looking at increasing vaccine...
Administration lawmakers have proposed that health care workers and immunocompromised individuals be provided with booster shots of anti-COVID-19 vaccine for additional protection from the deadly disease. Healthcare workers Led by former Speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, the...
The Philippine government is looking at the possibility of vaccinating the general adult population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once there is “a stable vaccine supply” by next month. In his taped public address aired on Tuesday, Sept. 14, President Duterte said that the general...
Herd immunity in the country may be "out of reach" due to the attributes of the coronavirus variants, a health expert said Monday, Sept. 13. "Now we know that herd immunity will be out of reach based on several factors. First, vaccines may not be transmission-blocking," said Epidemiologist and...
The national government's mass vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is doing well, President Duterte said in his latest "Talk to the People" public address on Friday night, Sept. 10. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Let me stress...
