The Parañaque City government vaccinated a total of 74,523 children aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19, the City Health Office (CHO) reported on Dec. 9. The city is targeting to inoculate 80,000 residents belonging to the said age group. Mayor Edwin Olivarez was happy with the turnout of the youths...
The Pasay City government received 5,000 doses of Moderna vaccines from two private companies in support of the city’s Vacc to the Future vaccination program. Jose Crisol, Jr., SVP and Head- Investor Relations and Communication representing GT Capital Holdings, Inc. and John Frederick Cabato,...
Around 3.6 million doses of Moderna and AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were transported to the country on Friday morning, Dec. 10. Around 3.6 million doses of Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are delivered at NAIA Terminal 1 on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against...
LAGUNA – The provincial government was recognized for achieving the highest cumulative jab rate during the National Vaccination Days. The recognition was given by the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the National Task Force (NTF) against...
More than 1.8 million students and over 239,000 personnel in higher education have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), data released by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, Dec. 9, showed. (Photo from CHED) Citing data as of Dec. 3, CHED said that based on...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses. Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved. Democratic Senators Jon Tester and Joe Manchin voted with Republicans,...
In support of the country's national vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) vaccinated nearly 4,000 people from Luzon to Mindanao in a single day. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said that it administered over 3,952 doses in one day alone on Dec. 6,...
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced on Thursday, Dec. 9, that active cases of COVID-19 in the city are down to 21 based on the report of the City Health Office (CHO). Aguilar said the decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city “only shows that the effort of the city government...
The Bulacan Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported on Thursday, Dec. 9, that out of the 3,708,784 total population in the province, 3,130,718 million were already inoculated against COVID-19 from March 8 to December 1, 2021. The PHO said that out of the 3,130,718, 1,752,249 million or 67.5 percent...
For Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, it is appropriate for the meantime to place the country under Alert Level 2 until the end of the year. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (RTVM Screenshot / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview on DZBB on Wednesday, Dec. 8, Duque said that the increased...
The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) announced that it will start offering free coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to eligible students. (Photo from Ateneo.edu) " are intensifying our efforts to make the vaccines available to our students in response to the Commission on Higher Education and...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymundo Lo A recent full page advertisement in a broadsheet argued against forced vaccinations, supposedly from a group called “COVID Call to Humanity.” Let’s examine vaccine mandates and what and how they are done. It is one thing to legislate mandatory vaccinations...
