Threatening to arrest people over their refusal to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 will not solve the hesitancy among Filipinos of receiving the jab, Senator Joel Villanueva said. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in...
Bruce Springsteen The Boss rules! If you have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, chances are you will not be allowed to watch Bruce Springsteen's return to Broadway this summer, which will begin on June 26. On June 18, The New York Post reported: “At the direction of New York State,...
Chinese-made Sinovac remains a "good vaccine" in preventing severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms or virus-related deaths, a public health expert said on Monday, June 21. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Rontgene Solante, a member of the country's...
The Muntinlupa City government’s vaccination program has reached a milestone when it reached the 100,000 mark for first dose recipients. Dr. Juancho Bunyi, officer-in-charge of the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), told the Manila Bulletin that as of June 19, a total of 103,025 individuals...
Senator Grace Poe prodded on Monday, June 21, the government's pandemic task force to heed calls of Iloilo province and other local government units for vaccines and more resources amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in their areas. Residents go about their business in Iloilo City despite the...
BEIJING, China -- More than one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China by Saturday, as the country pushes ahead with the largest vaccination drive in the history of New China. It took the country just five days to hit its most recent 100-million dose increase, according...
Are you planning to have a booster shot against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after completing the two-dose regimen? A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
The government should not delay the release of a unified quarantine protocol for vaccinated Filipino travelers for the sake of the Philippine economy, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Saturday, June 19. Passengers show their travel documents to authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
A vaccine expert warned Saturday, June 19, that another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant could possibly emerge if the public, including those fully vaccinated individuals, keeps violating the minimum public health standards set by the government. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
A total of 100 personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DSWD personnel receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a ceremonial vaccination on June 16, 2021, at the East...
Singer and actress Lea Salonga, who became a Broadway star through the musical “Miss Saigon,” was vaccinated in Muntinlupa Friday. “First dose, done! #BakunadoProtektado #Pfizer,” the 50-year-old star posted on Facebook. Broadway star Lea Salonga getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
As the Indonesia incident threatened to erode public confidence on the efficacy of Sinovac against 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, a representative of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFW) organization called on the country’s vaccination rollout managers to exempt them from...
