Around 2.6 million doses of Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines arrived in the country on Monday, Dec. 6, which pushed the total vaccine supply to 149,069,620 doses. First to arrive was the shipment containing 1,497,200 doses of Moderna jabs onboard China Airlines flight...
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the shelf life of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech can be extended from six months to nine months. “Itong extension ng shelf life ng Pfizer (This extension of Pfizer),...
Thousands of Zamboanga residents troop to a barangay multipurpose hall for the first day of Bayanihan Bakunahan on November 29, 2021. (Zambo LGU photo/Manila Bulletin) Over eight million individuals were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the national vaccination campaign...
With the threat of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) Omicron variant, Malacañang urged Filipinos anew to get vaccinated, saying there has not been any recorded death that was linked to any of the vaccines. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) Nograles made the statement as the Philippines ends its national...
A healthcare workers receives a COVID-19 vaccine during the launching of booster vaccination for medical frontliners at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City on Nov. 17, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19) The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reminded the local...
Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care called on the government “to remember to vaccinate persons deprived of liberty or those living in prisons.” Bishop Joel Baylon (Manila Bulletin photo)...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said on Thursday, Dec. 2 that it exceeded its initial target of 53,000 doses after it administered more than 83,000 doses during the three-day national vaccination program of the government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has logged more than 40 participants in the country’s “Mix and Match” (MnM) study. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The 18 month-long study seeks to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of mixing different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and...
An additional 1,078,740 doses of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine were delivered to the country on Wednesday night, Dec. 1. Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, faces the media during the arrival of 1,078,740 doses of Pfizer vaccine at NAIA...
The Philippines received 1,632,900 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 1, which were donated by the government of France through the COVAX facility. France donates 1,632,900 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines on Dec. 1, 2021. (Screenshot from...
Only fully vaccinated teachers and students would be allowed to join limited face-to-face classes, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Wednesday, Dec. 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Only the fully vaccinated teaching and non-teaching personnel should participate in the conduct of the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) An infectious disease expert said he is in favor of making the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory in the country. "If this will be mandatory, I will really support that," said Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the Adult Infectious Diseases and...
