Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday the city still has a "few" COVID-19 related deaths despite the surge in new virus infections in Metro Manila because the government's vaccination program "is working." Belmonte added that the rise in the city's new COVID-19 cases "is not as steep" as the...
A total of 3,760 active tourism workers in Bohol are expected to be inoculated in the second wave of vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched Wednesday, Aug. 11. A tourism worker in Bohol receives his COVID-19 jab during the second...
The Hong Kong government said it could start recognizing COVID-19 vaccination certificates issued by the Philippines and Indonesia this month. AFP FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN In a South China Morning Post report on Wednesday, domestic helpers will now be allowed to get vaccinated in their respective home...
Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday scored anew the Duterte administration for refusing to address vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos and instead blaming them instead of pushing for a campaign that would help build public trust on the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “Children are getting sick with...
An employee of DepEd Central Office was vaccinated against COVID-19 in partnership with the Pasig City local government (Photo from DepEd Philippines Facebook page) A total of 153,916 personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) already self-reported their coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is mulling over the idea of “formally” asking Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam about the Special Administrative Region’s decision not to honor Philippine-issued COVID-19 vaccination cards to fully inoculated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who...
Vice President Leni Robredo and a few of her staff at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) trooped to the Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City on Wednesday, August 11, to get inoculated with the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vice President Leni Robredo receives her second...
The government is determined to accelerate the vaccination of Filipinos and sustain economic recovery programs after the pandemic-hit country roared out of recession. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO/Twitter) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
More than 700 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Central Office have so far been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An employee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office receives his second dose of Sinovac...
A top health expert has reiterated the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 during the recently-concluded VHealthy webinar series of the Villar Group. Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, a UST professor and a microbiologist, explained how vaccines could help a person to develop anti-bodies that...
AFP FILE/ Patrick T. FALLON / MANILA BULLETIN Adult members of the family should get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to protect children from the viral illness, the Pediatric Society of the Philippines (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines...
All patients and their families in the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Dialysis Center located in Port Area, Manila are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 vaccination at the PRC Hemodialysis Center in Port Area, Manila (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC made this...
