Three health workers were the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Mandaluyong City on Saturday, March 6. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Cesar Tutaan, Dr. Catherine Quiroz, and nurse Arnold Bondoc were among the 64 other health workers of the Mandaluyong City Medical Center...
President Duterte urged Filipinos to get vaccinated, assuring the public that the vaccines certified by the Food and Drug Administration for immunization against COVID-19 are safe and effective. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish...
President Duterte said that while he respects the preference of doctors to western brands, he claimed they were "discriminating" for refusing to be vaccinated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine that came from China. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA...
STA. CRUZ, Laguna - The provincial government conducted a simulation exercise for its vaccination rollout on Wednesday (March 3). (Laguna Provincial Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) The activity was led by the Laguna Medical Center along with the Provincial Health Office, Santa Cruz Municipal...
The first day of the vaccination rollout in Antipolo City went on smoothly with most of the recipients showing no major adverse effects of the Sinovac vaccines on their wellbeing. (Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Antipolo Hospital System (AHS) Annex IV chief nurse, Weng...
Malacañang assured that health workers who passed on CoronaVac to wait for AstraZeneca will get the British-Swedish brand, reiterating that they will not lose their priority just for rejecting a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Hundreds of health workers in Marikina City backed out from vaccination upon learning that they will be receiving Sinovac’s CoronaVac, Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro said on Thursday, March 3. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Teodoro said the...
The Muntinlupa City government started on Wednesday (March 3) its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination using Sinovac's CoronaVac from the national government. Dr. Edwin Dimatatac, Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun)medical director, was the first person to get vaccinated in the city which was...
Vaccines have become a matter of great concern among the Filipino people. Their concerns range from sufficiency of supply for the nation’s 110-million population to the safety of the vaccines already in the country. Many other countries have begun the mass vaccination of their people, notably the...
