Around 724 senior citizens in Malabon City received their COVID-19 jabs during the mass vaccination drive for the elderly on Thursday, Jan. 6. According to the Malabon City Health Department report, 56 senior citizens received their first dose, 17 their second dose, and 651 got their booster shots....
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) should consider conducting house-to-house vaccination to further make COVID-19 shots more accessible to the people. Rep. Precious HIpolito Castelo Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo made the appeal as she noted...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on local government units (LGUs) to prepare for the inoculation of children aged 5 to 11. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, made the call after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the...
All COVID-19 vaccination sites in Valenzuela City will be closed on Dec. 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Jan. 1, and 2, 2022, the city government announced on Tuesday, Dec. 21. The local government said all individuals scheduled for their second vaccine dose on the said dates may come on the new schedule. The...
The government has administered more than 2.5 million doses during the second round of the "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in some areas from Dec. 15 to 18, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 20. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 263 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 20. DOH/MB Monday's update brought the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,837,730. Of this, DOH said that 9,592 were active cases or 0.3 percent of the...
Despite the blackouts and intermittent power supply for days, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 20, that many local governments have been successful in protecting their vaccine storage facilities, mobilizing their vaccines to facilities with backup generators. Vials of COVID-19...
The conduct of the second leg of the national vaccination drive in some regions in the country will be postponed due to a weather disturbance that is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Dick Gordon announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14 that PRC has opened its 26th Bakuna Center in the Department of Education (DepEd) - San Carlos City. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC said that...
BACOOR CITY – The city government is optimistic that it will achieve herd immunity against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among adults during the second run of Bayanihan, Bakunahan from Dec. 15 to 17. Lani M. Revilla / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN "We are confident that we will reach our...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III along with other officials have agreed to recommend on Monday, Dec. 13 the postponement of the second round of the "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in some areas that might be affected by the tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) which is...
