Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, June 15, that the government will “recalibrate” and prioritize the distribution of more COVID-19 vaccines to areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Philippines’ second strictest lockdown level. Cabinet Secretary...
Around P20 billion will be set aside by the government to procure additional coronavirus vaccines for the country's young population. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III gives updates to President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
The local government of Navotas City continued the inoculation of individuals under the A4 priority group or the economic frontliners despite the shortage of COVID-19 vaccine supply. The city received 2,240 doses of Sinovac from the national government on Sunday, June 13. Mayor Toby Tiangco said in...
With many of his constituents and even relatives dying of and currently afflicted with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez slammed national government officials for their alleged slow response to the immediate needs of Mindanao to...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called on the government to provide for a full accounting of the P82.5-billion worth of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine procurement budget before it asks for additional funds. Drilon said it is necessary for the government to be more transparent about...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to relay to the Philippines the final schedule of its solidarity vaccine trials next week as well as the brands of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the study. This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by...
The Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) has cleared the three latest importations of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines totalling 3,074,410 doses, which arrived between June 9 and 10. (Photo from BOC) The first importation consisting of 111,150 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines arrived...
VACCINATION CENTER – Dozens of residents, mostly senior citizens and persons with comorbidity, gather at the Davao City National High School to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The city government of Davao has discouraged walk-in recipients at vaccination hubs to avoid congestion. (Keith...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is open to the possibility of conducting a study on the effects of coronavirus vaccines on youth, an official said Thursday, June 10. DOST Philippine Council for Health Research and Development Executive Director Jaime Montoya said a study can be done...
Over 1.1 million coronavirus disease vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in a span of less than 12 hours. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) At around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 10, one million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived at NAIA Terminal 2 on board Cebu...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to fast track the release of all coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in stock to help address the increased demand among A4 priority groups. Binay lamented some local government units (LGUs) are...
Lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) not to roll out the US-made Pfizer BionTech COVID-19 vaccines to children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed it for emergency use on minors 12 to 15 years old. 1-PACMAN party-list Representative Eric Pineda...
