The Quezon City local government on Sunday, Jan. 9 announced that they have opened the booking of appointment for COVID-19 booster shots for individuals aged 12-17. According to the Facebook post of the city government, booster shots will be given to individuals who received their second dose 3...
The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) announced that walk-ins will not be allowed at vaccination sites from Jan. 10 to 12 due to the three-day inoculation of minors amid a reduced workforce due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Department of Health (DOH) will hold the vaccination of...
A lawmaker representing the Filipino senior citizens has asked the Metro Manila Council to conduct door-to-door vaccination drives to the aged and those with comorbidities amid threats of the Omicron variant in the country. In a letter dated Jan. 7, 2022 to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority...
Instead of scaring the unvaccinated with “punitive” measures, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, Jan. 9, wants the government to incentivize them in a bid to encourage more vaccinations. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during her Sunday radio show on Jan. 9, 2022....
The city government of Manila on Saturday, Jan. 8, launched the COVID-19 mass booster vaccination caravan for bikers and motorcycle riders at the Kartilya ng Katipunan. Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso led the drive-thru vaccination program which started at 8 a.m. and is expected to end at...
Around 724 senior citizens in Malabon City received their COVID-19 jabs during the mass vaccination drive for the elderly on Thursday, Jan. 6. According to the Malabon City Health Department report, 56 senior citizens received their first dose, 17 their second dose, and 651 got their booster shots....
The emergence of new variants of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may mean Filipinos have to bid each other goodbye because they won’t be able to survive the infection, President Duterte warned on Thursday, Jan. 6. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (RTVM...
The Las Pinas City government said the unvaccinated individuals belonging to the pediatric population can get their jabs against COVID-19 from Jan. 10 to 12. Mayor Imelda Aguilar advised the parents of minors aged 12 to 17 to wait for the text message coming from the city government regarding the...
The Caloocan City government on Thursday, Jan. 6, apologized and asked for its residents' understanding over long queues at vaccination, antigen and swab testing sites. The city conducted a mass vaccination for senior citizens as well as for other age groups and non-residents in all of its sites on...
The Paranaque City government has announced the start of the registration for ParanaquenYO: Bakuna Para Sa Yo (younger ones) for children aged 5 to 11. Mayor Edwin Olivarez encouraged parents of the younger population to register their children at https://paranaquecity.ph/paranaquenyo. He said the...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano encouraged the city’s senior population to take part in the Senior Citizens Vaccination Day, especially those who remain unvaccinated. Rubiano said the city now has a total of 810 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Jan. 5. She said the Senior Vaccination Day is...
The Muntinlupa City government launched the registration for COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old. Included in the registration are 5-to-11-year-olds with and without comorbidities. The registration was launched to make a master list of kids for vaccination while the city...