Senators on Thursday, Aug. 26, said they are banking on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines would be distributed equally to different regions in the Philippines once the government receives the 25 million doses of jabs that will arrive beginning September. Senate...
Huge allocations of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine--enough to inoculate 10 million people--will be sent to the provinces of Region IV-A or Calabarzon in the last four months of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during a virtual press briefing on Aug. 26, 2021...
"Mahuhuli't mahuhuli kayo!" MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was the warning of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos to people who will attempt to get booster shots for COVID-19 outside their city residence. Abalos said...
A total of 262,800 doses of Pfizer vaccine are expected to arrive Wednesday evening, August 25, another round of supply that is expected to boost the government's goal of attaining herd immunity from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The arriving Pfizer doses are government-procured. The plane...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is not recommending “at this time” to use the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for Filipino children aged three to 17. “At this time, hindi pa po natin iyan...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque explained on Tuesday, Aug. 24 why certain local government units (LGUs) in the country have a larger stock of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) than others. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This uneven vaccine distribution can be gleaned from the...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, August 24, reminded the public that the government has not approved booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine because a majority of Filipinos haven’t had their first doses yet. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 24, that Pfizer’s vaccine, which has the highest efficacy rate of all COVID-19 vaccines in the market, will soon be available in local drugstores after it received full approval from the United States’ Food and Drug Administration...
GUANGZHOU, China -- Inactivated COVID-19 vaccines developed by China curbed the spread of the Delta variant during a May outbreak in Guangzhou city in south China, a study has shown. People receive COVID-19 vaccine at the inoculation site of the Guangyi International E-Commerce Industrial Park in...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has quelled concerns of possible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine spoilage during the scheduled 20-day maintenance shutdown of the Malampaya deep-water gas facility this October. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Hong Kong (HK) need only to present Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)-issued vaccination certificates to gain entry to the Chinese special administrative region. (Photo by Jamie Street/ Unsplash) According to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Friday announced that China will supply nearly 10 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines within this month. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian during the virtual turnover of one million doses of Sinopharm...
