Presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has urged Filipinos to get their booster shots to maintain the freedom of movement the country currently enjoys as millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine are also set to expire. Concepcion made the appeal on Tuesday as "we know the freedom we...
With the emergence of a new sublineage of Covid-19 variant Omicron called "XE", its faster transmissibility than the BA.2 subvariant was first noted, and an expert reminded that it does not correlate to a relatively more severe form of the virus. Omicron variant of COVID-19 "Hindi naman necessarily...
If another Covid-19 surge hits the country, it would be the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and Soccsksargen (Region 12) that could suffer the most. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Courtesy of Malacanang) This was the bold prediction of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.,...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on Sunday that Cambodia's successful vaccine rollout has saved lives, stabilized the health system and contributed to the kingdom's economic recovery. A girl receives her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,906 new confirmed Covid-19 from April 4 to 10, making its average daily cases 29 percent lower compared to the past week. The DOH recorded an average of 272 cases of Covid-19 per day. DOH From March 28 to April 3, the health department recorded 2,679...
More than 66 million individuals have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 while 12.4 million are already boosted, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Monday, April 11. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The health department said that 66 million individuals are 74.05...
The Muntinlupa City government will deploy vaccination teams to different workplaces and public transport terminals to increase the number of booster shot recipients. As of April 7, a total of 122,149 individuals in Muntinlupa have received their booster shots, or 25 percent of the 486,579 who are...
Citing the country’s low booster vaccination rate, National Task Force against Covid-19 Adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa on Saturday, April 9, urged the public to get boosted while on vacation during the Holy Week. Herbosa said there are only around 12.1 million individuals who have...
Vaccine protection does not last forever. These were the words of Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) Chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani upon being asked why she stated that there should be a validity period in Covid-19 vaccination cards. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In an interview over One PH on Friday, April...
If vaccines have expiration dates, then vaccine cards should do too. This was the call of medical experts to the government in a bid to hasten booster vaccinations across the country due to waning immunity and amid reports of new variants of Covid-19. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some 18,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines have expired due to vaccine hesitancy among residents of Zamboanga Peninsula. A senior citizen gets his vaccine dose against Covid-19 in Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of DOH-9) "Umabot na sa time na nag expire yung mga vaccines...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Catbalogan said it will re-impose the no vaccination, no entry policy in all establishments in its bid to get its classification down to Alert Level 1. Under Alert Level 1, there are no restrictions in terms of indoor and outdoor capacities, and that...
