In a rare instance, President Duterte was friendly to the United States, which he once spurned for China, and asked the global superpower not to forget the Philippines, a treaty ally. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on August 2, 2021. (PCOO Screenshot) This came after...
Around 415,040 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the United Kingdom (UK) arrived on Monday afternoon at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. (Photo from MIAA) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down at NAIA Terminal 3 at 4:18 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2 via...
Metro Manila will be given 2.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) instead of the four million sought by its mayors from the national government, Malacañang said on Monday, August 2. In his virtual media briefing, Presidential spokesperson Harry...
Three million doses of Moderna vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are expected to arrive in the country early next week, an official of the government’s pandemic task force said Sunday, August 1. Secretary Vince Dizon Secretary Vince Dizon, deputy chief implementer of the National...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the government's pandemic task force has already secured the 4 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that Metro Manila mayors have requested following reports of a spike in the number of infections in the region. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
Another one million doses of China-made Sinovac vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The life-saving jabs were flown in by Cebu Pacific flight 5J 723 at 7:35 a.m. Friday, July 30. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary...
As the government moves to curb the rising cases of coronavirus, President Duterte is grateful for the coronavirus vaccines donated by the United States to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte tackles the status and direction of the US-Philippine relations with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) will likely come up with “some recommendations” next week on the use of coronavirus disease (COVID) booster shots for those fully vaccinated individuals, particularly the country's healthcare workers and those who are immunocompromised. A staff member...
The government is prepared to allocate additional 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for Metro Manila to help boost the residents' protection against the transmissible disease. A senior citizens is vaccinated with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban...
Amid looming threat from the more transmissible Delta variant, the country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) thumbed down on Thursday, July 29, OCTA Research’s proposal to shorten the interval between administering the two doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. (NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA...
A fresh batch of 1.5 million Sinovac vaccine doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Thursday morning, July 29. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccines, which originated from China, touched down at 7:35 a.m. via Cebu Pacific flight 5J671. The life-saving...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is not yet recommending to the government to grant coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots to healthcare workers. VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani maintained that the panel is still carefully studying the use of booster jabs, considering its...
