Children aged 11 and below will be allowed to enter public parks in Valenzuela City starting Friday, Feb.18, the city government announced on Wednesday, Feb.16. The city government said those children may enter the parks regardless of their vaccination status, but they must be accompanied by fully...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año condemned on Saturday, Feb. 12, the New People’s Army (NPA) for the encounter in Northern Samar that led to the death of two children. Año said the communist rebels opened fire at the troop of the Philippine...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, once again encouraged parents to trust the vaccines to better protect their children against COVID-19. Go reiterated his appeal in a video message during the launch of pediatric vaccination held...
The Caloocan City government will start administering COVID-19 jabs to minors ages 5-11 years old on Monday, Feb.7. Parents and guardians may register online for vaccine appointments while walk-ins will be accepted from 1 p.m. onwards depending on the availability of slots. Individuals who have...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday said she is outraged at the Department of Health (DOH) for releasing a memorandum that enables the government to dismiss parental consent if a child is willing to be vaccinated. Marcos reminded the DOH that the government should not and can’t usurp parental...
The Muntinlupa City government is ready to roll out the vaccination of minors aged five to 11 years old on Monday, Feb. 7. Two vaccination sites will be used by the city government in the vaccination of the age group in Muntinlupa. Muntinlupa City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi earlier said...
The Mandaluyong City will start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, Feb. 8, the local government announced on Thursday, Feb. 3. The inoculation drive for the age group scheduled on Friday, Feb. 4, was postponed by the national government to...
The Taguig City government will roll out the vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old on Feb. 7. According to the city government, the vaccination of the age group on Feb. 7 will be held at the SMX Convention Center at SM Aura and Lakeshore vaccination hub. Vaccination of a minor last year...
The Taguig City government has imposed restrictions on unvaccinated individuals and curfew for minors under Alert Level 2. Metro Manila, including Taguig, is under Alert Level 2 from Feb. 1 to 15 as decided by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Vaccination checkpoint in Taguig last month under...
The Muntinlupa City government has identified two sites as venues for the vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old in the city. Muntinlupa City Health Office chief Dr. Juancho Bunyi said the two vaccination sites for the age group are the Laguerta Health Center in Barangay Tunasan and Ospital...
The San Juan City local government announced that its active COVID-19 cases continue to drop amid the surge in COVID-19 infections in the country caused by the more transmissible Omicron and Delta variants. In an interview with ANC, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the city's active COVID-19...
Editorial The race to vaccinate all citizens of the world, from the oldest to the youngest, is on track. This is welcome news as the Department of Health (DOH) announced that minors, aged five to 11, will be vaccinated starting Feb. 4, 2022. The vaccine that will be used is the one manufactured by...
