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Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the vaccination program in the municipality will continue even under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which will be in effect from Aug. 6 to 20 in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The Muntinlupa City government’s vaccination program has administered 288,638 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine.

The Muntinlupa City government will resume the vaccination of people whose second dose jabs using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine scheduled at Festival Mall in Alabang were suspended due to storage temperature glitch.

The Muntinlupa City government has received Johnson & Johnson’s single dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccines from the national government and it will be used exclusively for senior citizens or those belonging to the A2 priority group.

The management of Festival Mall in Alabang has issued a statement regarding Muntinlupa’s decision to suspend vaccination at the mall on Thursday.

The Muntinlupa City government on Friday resumed first dose vaccination at its Festival Mall site located at the upper ground floor parking in Alabang.

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.

The Pateros municipal government is issuing tamper-proof vaccination certificates, or cards, to people who have already received their second dose.

The Pateros municipal government has suspended its first dose vaccination starting Monday (July 12) due to lack of vaccines.

The Taguig City government has suspended the second dose vaccination using Sinovac Life Sciences’ CoronaVac vaccine due to the delay in the arrival of a new batch of supply in the country.

The Muntinlupa City government has already deployed a little over 218,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

The Muntinlupa City government has completed the first-dose vaccination of 39 percent of its target population.

The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) will not recommend to the government to stop the vaccination using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines amid the more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation recorded in the United States among young adults and adolescents after the inoculation of the US-made jabs.

The more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation logged in the United States among young adults and adolescents following the inoculation of Pfizer vaccines should not prod the government to stop the use of the US-made jabs, the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCHRD) said on Sunday, June 27.

Singer and actress Lea Salonga, who became a Broadway star through the musical “Miss Saigon,” was vaccinated in Muntinlupa Friday.

The United States government has welcomed the successful arrival to the Philippines of 2,282,850 doses of the American-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that will be shared among the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao.

Lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) not to roll out the US-made Pfizer BionTech COVID-19 vaccines to children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed it for emergency use on minors 12 to 15 years old.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, June 8.