Acting presidential spokesman Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said November 29, 2021, and December 1, 2021, will be declared as special working days in support of the upcoming National Vaccination Days in the Philippines. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19) Nograles made the statement as the country is...
Vaccination of a minor in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) The Department of Health (DOH) is calling medical professionals to join the three-day national coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive set on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that based on their...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation for the country to recognize the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination certificates of four more countries, acting spokesman Cabinet Secretary Karo Nograles announced. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Nograles made the announcement as the...
As the government aims to beef up its vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang clarified that partially vaccinated workers need not undergo regular reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test unless they are still waiting for their second dose. Swab...
San Juan City once again saw a sharp decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases, Mayor Francis Zamora said on Friday, Nov. 19. He said the city recorded 30 active COVID-19 cases, 14,884 recoveries, and 326 deaths, as of Nov. 18. “I enjoin each and every San Juaneño and Filipino to continue...
Malacañang said that the use of face shields in areas under the coronavirus (COVID-19) Alert Levels 1 to 3 will be up to the decision of the employers or the private establishments. Acting Palace spokesman Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after President Duterte approved this...
The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved on Nov. 17 the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mix-and-match trials, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Nov. 19. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Laging Handa briefing, DOST...
The government's pandemic task force has come up with new quarantine and testing protocols for Filipino and foreign travelers coming from green, yellow, and red list territories that will take effect on November 22, 2021. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN In his press briefing on Friday, November 19, acting...
(Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A total of 2,488 healthcare workers nationwide were able to receive their booster jab, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Nov. 19. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that some of the booster dose recipients experienced mild adverse...
More than 1.9 million doses of United States-made Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been delivered to the country, which brought the current jab supply to 130 million doses. A total of 1,306,000 Moderna were transported by China Airlines flight CI 701 at Ninoy Aquino...
The Las Pinas City government will start administering COVID-19 booster short to the city’s health workers on Saturday (Nov. 20) Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) recorded a total of 3,700 health workers belonging to the A1 category who were fully vaccinated and scheduled to...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continued to decline and remained below 100 in the last eight days. Based on data by the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of Nov. 18, Muntinlupa’s active COVID-19 cases stood at 68 including seven new cases out of 27,554...