Amid the increasing number of infections in the country, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines went down from 22 percent in September 2021 to 5 percent, an OCTA Research fellow confirmed on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Unsplash) Results of the nationwide survey conducted...
The Makati City local government sent 13,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to the province of Batangas on Wednesday, Jan. 26, as it continuously fight the surge in COVID-19 cases brought about by the more infectious Omicron and Delta variants. On its official Facebook page, the local government unit (LGU)...
The Parañaque City government will start vaccinating children aged five to 11 on Feb. 4, Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced Wednesday. The mayor called on the parents to pre-register their children belonging to the said age group for the “ParañaquenYO: Bakuna Para sa Younger Ones” program to...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) lauded the rollout of the government's pharmacy and drive-thru vaccination sites in Baguio City on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Vehicles queue up at the drive-thru vaccination site located at the Baguio Athletic Bowl. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary...
Malacañang said the leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will really have to do more to convince their constituents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 61654 Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement after President Duterte...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26 its partnership with eCommerce platform Lazada who is supporting the organization's Bakuna Bus program (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) “With the current Omicron...
The Pasay City police arrested a graphic artist who was allegedly the source of fake vaccination cards proliferating in the city and being sold to unvaccinated commuters, Tuesday afternoon. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspects as Marcelo Cabansag, 28, a resident of...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on authorities to consider granting an incentive to all pharmacists who are now helping in the national government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, lauded the pharmacists who have...
Over 700,000 doses of “pediatric” Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are set to arrive on Jan. 31, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The delivery of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Jan. 25. DOH/MB According to the agency, all labs were operational on January 23, 2022. However, 6 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). "Based on...
Health experts urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to conduct a COVID-19 vaccination day solely for kids amid the recent spike of infections in the country. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a webinar titled...
