The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is not recommending to put on hold the use of Sinovac vaccine despite Indonesia’s experience that its more than 350 medical workers fully vaccinated with the China-made jab have caught coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) VEP chair Dr....
The final protocol for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials is expected to be finalized this weekend, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, June 18. A laboratory worker places a test tube containing a patient’s sample into a box during...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday said the P57.3-billion worth of loans the government has successfully secured can already cover the P25-billioin budgetary requirement for the vaccination of minors. With these borrowings, Lacson said there may not be any need for the government to look...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) All coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, including the Sinovac vaccine, are effective in preventing the severe form of the viral illness and hospitalization, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, June 18. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire allayed the...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of the 100 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) who belong to the A4 priority group has already started. DSWD employees belonging to A4 priority group receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on Wednesday,...
Another 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived Thursday morning, June 17 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on board a Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight from Beijing, China. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) One million of the doses were consigned to the Department of...
Filipinos will celebrate a merrier Christmas this year as more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines continue to arrive in the country, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, June 16. "We'll have a merrier/happier Christmas this year...
The Manila City government has procured 400,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine which Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagosoa expects to arrive “in a matter of few days.” (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In his regular live update on Tuesday (June 15), Domagoso said the city has already sent the full...
The Manila City government broke anew its daily vaccination record for the second straight day with 26,028 vaccines administered on Tuesday. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government, through the Manila Health Department (MHD), administered a total of 26,028...
The government has dispelled allegations that it had neglected Mindanao in terms of responding to the pandemic, including the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained that the rise in cases of...
A total of 313 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) personnel from Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and island provinces of Southern Tagalog were inoculated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines on Tuesday, June 15. BJMP chief jail Director Allan Iral said the vaccination...
ACT CIS Partylist Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran called on the Inter-agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and the Department of Health to observe the practice of other countries in easing travel restrictions for returning Filipino who are fully vaccinated. Taduran said IATF and DOH...
