The second batch of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine donated by the United Kingdom (UK) to the country arrived on Friday afternoon, Nov. 26. The United Kingdom donates 288,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Nov. 26, 2021. (Screenshot from PTV...
One of the 17 "Bakuna" buses of the Philippine Red Cross returned to the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila to vaccinate students as limited face-to-face classes begin, the organization said on Friday, Nov. 26. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) "We are looking to...
COVID-19 Vaccine (unsplash free photo) Russian Sputnik V vaccines showed 80 percent efficacy against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) six to eight months after the second dosage, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced in a global press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 24. During a joint...
The Pasay City government will be accepting walk-ins who wish to get their booster shot against COVID-19. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government targets to inoculate 200 individuals belonging to the A1 (health front liners), A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (adult with comorbidties)...
Vaccine hesitancy remains to be a pain in the neck for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and local government units (LGUs) which ultimately hinders the country from achieving herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a provincial governor said Friday, Nov....
The chairperson of the country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) on Thursday, Nov. 25, rallied behind the Department of Health’s (DOH) bid to ask the guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine if the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country has already been...
The chairperson of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) explained Thursday, Nov. 25, why she preferred the Sinovac vaccine as her booster shot and availed the homologous booster vaccination. Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) “I chose...
Those fully vaccinated individuals who had breakthrough coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection may receive booster shots, a vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 25. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) head Dr. Nina Gloriani...
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) said more than 100,000 Filipinos...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo wants to keep coming back to Bulacan because it was there where she heard the best compliment from one of her supporters: “Ay, hindi ka pala mataba (Oh, you are not fat in person).” Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) “Sa aking pag-iikot, iyon...
Despite losing in the province in 2016, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, Nov. 24, that it was a “pleasant surprise” to see her Bulakenyo supporters lining up along the roads from the border of Bulacan in Pulilan to Malolos City, where she was scheduled to...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its gratitude to the Australian government for donating 700,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Wednesday, Nov. 24. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the vaccine donation of Australia is...
