The Philippines could attain a "better normal soon" as the government continued to implement its vaccination program to boost protection against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Nograles has expressed confidence...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, March 14, expressed hope there would be no more “dropping of the ball” and that all negotiations of the government on COVID-19 vaccine procurement would push through and at a faster speed especially at this point in time. Sen. Panfilo Lacson (Albert...
Police officers in Bustos, Bulacan roved around villages to answer questions regarding the COVID-19 vaccination on March 9, Tuesday. Bustos MPS / MANILA BULLETIN Bustos Municipal Police Station (MPS), led by Acting Chief of Police Major Jude Bryan B. Maguddayao, conducted "Oplan Bandillo" in...
The business sector is asking the government to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination because they are already in the “last phase,” stressing that adding six months or one year more of quarantine would mean closures of most enterprises to the detriment of more Filipinos, especially the poor. ...
A total of 300 medical front liners will receive the China-made Sinovac vaccine at the start of the Las Piñas City government vaccination rollout with the theme of “Ligtas na Las Piñero, Lahat Bakunado.” (Las Piñas PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccination rollout was held at the University of...
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...
