The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and supported by the United States Agency for International Development is set to launch a P24 million worth of Covid-19 vaccine trust and awareness project. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is expected to release the guidelines for the administration of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for children aged 12 to 17...
(AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The second booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine is not yet recommended for the general population, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public anew. "Kami ay paulit-ulit na nagpapaalala sa local governments pati na rin sa ating mga kababayan. Ito pong fourth dose o yung...
Amid the threat of Covid-19 and its emerging sub variants, a health expert urged the national government to change the country’s definition of “fully vaccinated.” (Manila Bulletin FIle Photo) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19...
A nation that is made resilient by means of vaccination and adherence to health protocols may immediately be able to bounce back to normalcy even amid the threat of Covid-19 and its subvariants, a health expert said on Saturday, June 4. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former...
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine Spikevax was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used for children six to 11 years old in the country. FDA Recently, the FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) filed by Zuellig Pharma Corporation, through its commercialization...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Health and Interior departments renewed their calls for local government units (LGUs) to further double their efforts in vaccinating their eligible constituents...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Almost two million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to expire by the end of June, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Sa ating expiring na vaccine, we will have the final numbers by end of May. But hanggang June we are expecting kung hindi ma-jab......
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has already fully vaccinated a total of 4,358 persons in Aklan as of Tuesday, May 24 through its "Bakuna" bus. The vaccine on wheels, a program in partnership of the PRC and local governments, has administered more than 9,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and boosters in...
Over 100 patients in Malabon, including senior citizens and immunocompromised, received their 1st booster shots against Covid-19 after the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) "Bakuna" Bus returned to the city. A Philippine Red Cross (PRC) staff administers 1st Covid-19 booster shot to a resident of Malabon...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia will start offering a fifth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to priority groups from June 9 onwards, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Friday. The priority groups include leaders of the government, the senate, the parliament, frontline health workers, government...
Covid-19 infection and vaccine have "no link" to the current mysterious hepatitis outbreak in foreign countries. (Courtesy of UP) “None of the children has received the Covid-19 vaccine so fortunately there has been no link to the Covid-19 vaccination so far,” Dr. Eternity D. Labio, a...
