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It is more important to focus on the number of vaccinated people in the country than on the number of Covid-19 cases, World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) representative to the Philippines Dr. Rajendra Yadav said.

President Duterte says he’s inclined to approve a proposal to make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory among Filipinos, should the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) come up with one.

Despite the current “abundance” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the country, Malacañang still isn’t keen on making vaccination mandatory among Filipinos.

President Duterte has “given the cue” for legislators to create a law that would allow the executive to exercise its so-called police power over those who do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

President Duterte has green-lit the start of the vaccination of the general population, including children, against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) starting this October.

The national government’s mass vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is doing well, President Duterte said in his latest “Talk to the People” public address on Friday night, Sept. 10.

Bureau of Customs (BOC) employees assigned at the Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Port of NAIA) will start to receive vaccinations against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, June 19.

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año described Thursday, June 17 the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) inoculation as a “milestone’’ to gain herd protection against the deadly virus.

More than 100,000 individuals have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Pasig City, the local government announced on Wednesday (June 16).

Vaccination from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isn’t a requirement for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Singapore.

The country remains ill-prepared to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 as it falls on its target to vaccinate 120,000 people a day to achieve herd immunity by the end of this year, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 16.

The local government unit (LGU) of Makati City has started administering Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines to its residents at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday (May 12).

The San Juan City local government has started the vaccination of its residents using vaccines made by American/German pharmaceutical company Pfizer-BioNTech on Wednesday, April 12.

More than 43,000 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto announced Sunday (May 9). He said over 20,000 senior citizens in the city have been given the first dose of the vaccine. “Pasig LGU has now vaccinated over 43K people (1st dose). Sa seniors mahigit 25 percent na tayo ng target (For seniors, we have inoculated over 25 percent of our target),” he announced on Twitter. The mayor earlier appealed to his constituents not to arrive too early at their designated vaccination sites so the area would not be congested. According to Sotto, Pasig City will not yet open a new vaccination site as long as there is still no enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines. The city government of Pasig has ordered 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the mayor said. As of May 7, Pasig City has a total of 962 active cases of COVID-19.

More people, including economic frontliners, can be vaccinated after the Department of Health (DOH) agreed to resume the use of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca for all age groups, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion.

Facts about our ramped-up vaccination.

Vicki Belo did her part to make sure fellow Pinoys are properly vaccinated against COVID-19.