Malacañang has reminded the public to play their part in preventing the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying nobody wanted to start the new year with a high positivity rate of the virus. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Cabinet...
The vaccination rate among tertiary students and higher education institution (HEI) personnel continued to scale up before the year 2021 ends, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (Image courtesy of CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Dec. 30, said that vaccination...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Thursday, Dec. 30, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) will recommend the implementation of mandatory vaccination to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Mayor Edwin Olivarez (Paranaque PIO photo) In an interview with DZBB, Olivarez said mayors in the National...
As the country deals with the continued threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) once again reminded the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) “The best protection against COVID-19 is to get vaccinated,” said PRC...
The Taguig City government has started the registration for the vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old. TRACE Taguig announced on Dec. 28 that the registration for vaccination is “now open for ages 5-11 years old.” Vaccination in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) “If you are a resident or student in...
Nearly 23,000 minors, aged 12 to 17 years old, have been fully vaccinated in Muntinlupa, the city government announced. As of Dec. 26, the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) and Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) said 22,836 minors got their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
Despite the huge challenge and distraction that was typhoon "Odette", the Philippines still managed to surpass its target for the second round of the national vaccination days (NVD) held from Dec. 15 to 23. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential...
Ten months since it started accepting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, more than 200 million doses of procured and donated jabs have already been delivered to the country as it is poised to sustain the national vaccination program in 2022. Assistant Secretary Wilben Mayor (Courtesy of NTF...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III urged the remaining unvaccinated minors aged 12 to 17 years old to get their vaccinated against COVID-19 amid the threat of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Ponce made the announcement as the government approved the vaccination of children 5 to 11...
The Las Pinas City government suspended the COVID-19vaccination on Dec. 24 and 25, the city’s Public Information Office announced on its Facebook page. Mayor Imelda Aguilar made the move to give all the personnel manning the vaccination sites -- doctors, nurses and vaccinators -- time to be with...
Residents of Manila who want to have their children, aged five to 11, to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can now pre-register them through Manila’s online vaccine registration facility, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced on Friday, Dec. 24. During a...
