Aiming to reach at least one million children who have yet to receive any routine vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, April 26, launched an annual vaccination drive that will run every last week of the months of April to June 2022 nationwide. A child getting vaccinated against...
Citing the death of around 800 unvaccinated children who died due to complications caused by measles in 2019, the executive director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) said disinformation about vaccines can kill people. A girl gets her Covid-19 vaccine in Muntinlupa City. (File...
As countries celebrate World Immunization Week, the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) has emphasized the importance of vaccines in preventing diseases and avoiding severe fatal complications brought about by diseases such as Covid-19. (PHILIPPINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION LOGO) World Immunization Week...
Because all vaccine matters Amid the country’s easing restrictions and progress against COVID-19, a couple of model local government units (LGUs) have been silently championing the country’s flagship program on child immunization against other life-threatening diseases. The Department of...
Should he win in the May 2022 elections, presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said he would establish an immunization registry system for every local government unit (LGU) in the country. Marcos said this is to ensure that all Filipinos would have an easy...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is targeting to vaccinate at least 880,000 infants nationwide who missed their scheduled routine immunization. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the program will roll-out every last Thursday and Friday starting April to June. "Itong ating (This)...
About 15,200 deaths for every 1 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines have been recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A health worker prepares a syringe with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive for schoolchildren...
The Pasay City government said on that only 21 out of the 201 barangays in the city remain with active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported that the city has 26 active cases and 13 were new cases bringing...
ft.com The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech has 91 percent efficacy in children aged five to 11 years old, a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “The vaccine efficacy for the adolescents age group (12 to...
FDA The number of adverse reactions among people who were vaccinated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines remains minimal, data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed. The FDA said that of the 108,757,357 vaccine doses administered as of Jan. 2, there have been 85,717 adverse...
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the reported adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) involving vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were within the acceptable rate. “If you look at the clinical trials before we give the emergency use...
The national government is planning to conduct a national vaccination day against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “within this month.” Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, talks to the media during the arrival of 2.7 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine...
