The Quezon City government on Monday, Jan.10, announced that it will open additional vaccination sites to cater to more unvaccinated individuals and those who want to get their booster shots. The local government will now have 36 regular vaccination sites, 21 special or pop-up sites, and 16 mall or...
Megastar Sharon Cuneta tested COVID-19 negative. However, her husband Kiko Pangilinan wasn't so lucky. He tested positive. Sharon shared recently via Instagram: "...somehow. Last night, I tested negative on my Antigen. Kiko tested positive on his PCR test results." "This morning, all of us at home...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Some 250,000 Israelis have received the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the country began offering it to the elders and medical personnel a week ago, the prime minister said on Sunday. "Almost a quarter of a million people have been vaccinated with the fourth...
The Quezon City local government on Sunday, Jan. 9 announced that they have opened the booking of appointment for COVID-19 booster shots for individuals aged 12-17. According to the Facebook post of the city government, booster shots will be given to individuals who received their second dose 3...
All the coronavirus disease vaccines that were damaged in areas hit by typhoon “Odette” last month will be replaced by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, a government official assured Sunday, Jan. 9. A total of 2,703,870 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrive at NAIA Terminal 2 on...
COVID-19 vaccination advocate Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday, Jan. 8 agree with many members of the legal profession that the Duterte administration’s policy of arresting unvaccinated citizens who will refuse to heed stay-at-home orders might poses a difficult legal issue to resolve....
Omicron variant of COVID-19 Could the Omicron coronavirus variant act as a "natural vaccine" and be the "beginning of an end" of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Department of Health (DOH) and some local medical experts disapproved of this notion. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire pointed out...
More than 300 participants of the country’s “Mix and Match” (MnM) study have already received their first dose of Sinovac vaccine, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Jan. 7. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The 18 month-long study seeks to...
ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that the first supply of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine— for children aged five to 11— will arrive in the Philippines by the end of this month or first week of February. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Around 21,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses were wasted because of the onslaught of typhoon Odette, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “We have initially about 21,000 doses that have been officially reported as wastage,” DOH Undersecretary Myrna...
The country received its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for 2022 with the arrival of 150,540 doses of Moderna shots on Friday morning, Jan. 7, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). A total of 150,540 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrive at NAIA Terminal 1 on Jan....
Procrastination in having your coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine will kill you. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) President Duterte gave this warning to Filipinos--particularly the hard-headed ones who keep refusing the jab--during his latest "Talk to the People" public briefing on...
