More than 1,300 fully vaccinated Filipinos have so far been enrolled in the country’s 12-month “immunosurveillance” program, which seeks to determine the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the country. (Photo by ALI...
The Philippines has already started its yearlong “immunosurveillance” program on fully vaccinated Filipino adults to determine the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the country. (Photo by ALI VICOY/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Another one million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Friday morning, July 23. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down in the country at 7:24...
EDITORS DESK Johannes Chua Early this week, French President Emmanuel Macron, in response to the rising cases of the more infectious Delta variant, outlined strong measures to stem the virus spread. His address to the nation can be best summed up with this: “Get vaccinated or else…” He was...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, July 22, announced the five vaccination sites that will be used for the Nagavax Express, the spinoff of her Vaccine Express initiative, in her hometown of Naga to help vaccinate senior citizens and persons with comorbidities. (Nagavax/Facebook) The Naga City...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) vaccine expert panel (VEP) said Thursday, July 22, that all available coronavirus disease (COVID-vaccines in the country do not have live virus and will not in any way result in viral shedding. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) VEP chief Dr....
A total of 562,770 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines purchased by the national government will arrive tonight, Wednesday, July 21. (Photo from PNA) The doses are expected to arrive at 9:20 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino Internatiinal Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard a DHL...
More than 5 million Filipinos have received two-dose vaccination against the coronavirus disease so far as the government continued to ramp up its inoculation efforts. A senior citizen receives a single-shot Johnson & Jonhson Janssen coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in...
The city government of Caloocan received on Monday, July 19, the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses that it purchased. (CALOOCAN MAYOR OCA MALAPITAN OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA BULLETIN) According to the City Health Department, they received 17,200 of the 600,000 doses of the vaccine that...
More than 4.7 million people have become fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the government continued to accelerate its inoculation drive. A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman...
Over 26,000 anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been flown to Tacloban City in Leyte by the Philippine Airlines (PAL). VaccineToTacloban01 VaccineToTacloban02 PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said the plane arrived at Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban early morning Monday, July 19....
Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Vaccine Express” program would be brought to Quezon City for the inoculation of jeepney drivers after the pilot project kicked off in Manila last month. A man gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Express drive-through site on June 22, 2021....