The city government of Caloocan City inoculated senior citizens with Johnson & Johnson Janssen one-shot vaccine on July 27-28 after claiming their pension at the payout sites. (CALOOCAN PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Bilang ang ating mga senior citizen ay kasama sa pinaka-vulnerable sa sakit, patuloy...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s antigen test came back negative, allaying fears that she might have contracted the virus during her meeting with Senator Richard Gordon, who tested positive for COVID-19, last week. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Richard Gordon (OVP/Senate of the...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) will likely come up with “some recommendations” next week on the use of coronavirus disease (COVID) booster shots for those fully vaccinated individuals, particularly the country's healthcare workers and those who are immunocompromised. A staff member...
Five fully vaccinated Philippine General Hospital (PGH) health workers who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant showed mild symptoms, its spokesperson said Thursday, July 29. Philippine General Hospital (PNA) In an interview with ANC, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del...
Senior citizens in District 2 of Quezon City were inoculated with Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) Janssen vaccine in a one-day rollout on Wednesday, July 28. Mayor Joy Belmonte said District 2 is the most densely populated area in the city and its senior citizens must be prioritized in the...
The Philippines has surpassed its highest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations in a single day after administering over 659,000 jabs. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said Wednesday, July 28, that the...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) is not yet recommending to the government to grant coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots to healthcare workers. VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani maintained that the panel is still carefully studying the use of booster jabs, considering its...
To be able to ensure the safe reopening of schools over a year after they were closed to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a students' group reiterated the need for students and teachers to get vaccinated. (Unsplash) At the pace the Philippines' inoculation program is going, it...
National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said Tuesday, July 27, that 6.3 million Filipinos have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) As of July 26, around 17,515,376 individuals have already...
The Philippines’ study on the safety and efficacy of mixing and matching five coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines could be expected by next month, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Monday, July 26. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Undersecretary for Research and...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has opened on Monday, July 26, its Practice Gym as a vaccination site for Manila residents. (Photo from UST Facilities Management Office Director Fr. Dexter Austria, O.P.) The city government of Manila said 800 COVID-19 vaccine doses for priority groups A1 to A5...
There is no case of the highly contagious Delta variant in Muntinlupa, according to the City Health Office (CHO). On Sunday, the Department of Health (DOH), University of the Philippines’ Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC) and University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health reported 55...
