The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded in a media briefing on Friday, June 30, that a doctor's prescription will be required for purchasing bivalent Covid-19 vaccines once they become available in the country. The supplies will be sold by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, but the price and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has recognized a Filipino-British nurse, who administered the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, for bringing honor to the country. President Marcos and Filipino-British nurse May Richell Cestina-Parsons meet in Malacañang on June 29, 2023. (RTVM Screenshot)...
The Covid-19 vaccines will remain free for poor Filipinos even after the country's public health emergency is lifted in the future, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa said on Tuesday, June 27. Courtesy of DOH Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa Facebook "Magiging libre siya sa...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the application and granted a Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for the Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty. Courtesy of Unsplash According to the European Medicines Agency, Comirnaty contains tozinameran, which is an mRNA molecule with...
Muntinlupa City continued to show a downtrend in the weekly total number of active Covid-19 cases. From June 20 to 26, the City Health Office (CHO) recorded 13 active Covid-19 cases, a decrease by seven, or 35 percent, from 20 cases tallied from June 13 to 19. Bivalent vaccination screening at...
The Muntinlupa City government rolled out the administration of the Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on health workers on June 23. Lithuania donated to the Philippines the Covid-19 Vaccine Pfizer Bivalent or the Tozinameran + Famtozinameran (Comimaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5). A health care worker...
Health workers at the Taguig-Pateros District Hospital were administered with the Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on June 22. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said the Bivalent vaccine will ensure that health frontliners are protected against the sub variants of Covid-19 including Omicron. Mayor Lani...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, June 22 that there is an ongoing negotiation with the Covax facility to facilitate the country's request for two million doses of Covid-19 bivalent vaccines. *A vial of a Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine used for the A1 category at the FilOil EcoOil Centre...
BATANGAS CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) has started inoculating individuals belonging to the A1 and A2 populations with bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, June 20, at the Batangas Medical Center...
The inoculation of bivalent Covid-19 booster shots officially commenced at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City on Wednesday, June 21. Department of Health Secretary Dr. Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa receives his bivalent booster shot administered by Dr. Gerardo Manzo. Over 2,500 healthcare workers...
After a very long time because of many regulatory and logistical issues, bivalent vaccines are finally available in the Philippines in limited quantities. Who should take them, and are they worth the wait? The current bivalent vaccines are those Covid-19 vaccines that contain antigens against the...
The Makati City local government and the Department of Health (DOH) spearheaded the launch of the school-based immunization program against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) on Tuesday, June 15, as part of the efforts in promoting awareness on HPV and cervical cancer. The launch was held at the Makati...
