More than 1.15 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were delivered to the country on Friday morning, July 16. The life-saving jabs were purchased through a tripartite agreement between the local private sector led by the "Go Negosyo" Foundation, the...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has issued COVID-19 safety seals to various buildings and offices inside the Mandaluyong City Hall complex for successfully complying with the safety guidelines set by the DILG to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease. (Photo from Mayor...
The Muntinlupa City government on Friday resumed first dose vaccination at its Festival Mall site located at the upper ground floor parking in Alabang. According to the Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), the vaccination covers A1 (health workers), A2 (senior citizens), A3...
The San Juan City local government said on Thursday that it has already inoculated more than 100,000 San Juaneños as of July 14. Mayor Francis Zamora "We are happy to announce that as of July 14, the city government of San Juan has already vaccinated a total of 100,217 individuals with their...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A new vaccine should be developed by 2025 to boost the war against tuberculosis (TB) that has been claiming 4,000 lives daily in high-burden countries of the global south, experts said Thursday. Speaking at a virtual forum to mark the 100th anniversary of the BCG vaccine against...
President Duterte will soon appear in a new public service advertisement encouraging people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte receives his second dose of Sinopharm vaccine on July 12, 2021. (Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque,...
In this file photo, a health care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Los Angeles County mobile vaccination clinic on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN An official of the Department of Health (DOH) said that two doses...
The Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) team on Thursday suspended the second dose vaccination using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it was found out there was a change in temperature during its storage that could have affected its quality. In an announcement, MunCoVac said...
The Pateros municipal government is issuing tamper-proof vaccination certificates, or cards, to people who have already received their second dose. Mayor Miguel Ponce III held Wednesday a demonstration of the vaccination certificate, which has a QR code that is unique to each vaccinee. Pateros...
The ramped-up delivery of vaccine supplies to the country and acceleration of vaccination by local government units (LGUs) have brought about a significant increase in the public’s willingness to be vaccinated. According to Pulse Asia’s June 7-16 survey, 43 percent of respondents said they...
The head of the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) said Wednesday, July 14, that other vaccines such as flu, meningococcal, and tetanus have already been associated with rare neurological condition Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which was recorded among the recipients of the Janssen coronavirus...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) More Filipinos have expressed willingness to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from June 23-26, 2021, revealed. The national survey, which was conducted among 1,200 adult respondents, found that 45...
