All vaccination sites in Marikina city were temporarily closed on Friday, Dec. 3 due to depleted vaccine stock. Marikina city depleted its stock of vaccine doses which includes the 30,400 vaccine doses that were sent to Marikina by the national government on Saturday, Nov. 27 as part of the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The government missed its goal of vaccinating nine million people during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive last Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. A total of...
The Muntinlupa City government wrapped up its three-day “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National COVID-19 Vaccination Days from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 with more than 22,000 people receiving vaccine jabs. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, a total of 22,307 adults and minors were vaccinated in...
Taguig has prohibited unvaccinated and partially vaccinated individuals from entering city government offices starting Dec. 1. The Taguig Safe City Task Force issued Advisory No. 59, advising the public on the implementation of the “No Vaccination Card, No Entry” policy. Vaccination in Taguig...
The government must address issues in its national vaccination program such as brand preference, vaccine hesitancy, access to vaccines in far-flung areas, lack of manpower, and other logistical problems, senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said on Thursday, Dec. 2. Human rights...
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar directed the City Health Office (CHO) to conduct mobile vaccination at the city’s youth center on Thursday, Dec. 2. Aguilar said the CHO, in coordination with the city’s Social Welfare and Development Office, conducted vaccinations at the Bahay Pag-asa Youth...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday urged the government to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination program for minors and teachers in light of the global concern on the Omicron variant. Gatchalian pointed out the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Omicron a variant of concern on Nov. 26, and...
Amid the threat of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Special Medical Adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa urged the public Sunday, Nov. 28, to get vaccinated, saying that the vaccines remain effective in protecting oneself against the severe form...
(MUNTINLUPA PIO / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said more than five million Filipinos have been vaccinated during the first two days of the national vaccination drive. "Our running total is 5,000,353," said DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Cabotaje said that...
Opposition Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday urged the government to come up with a solid strategy to fight the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is reportedly more infectious than the Delta variant. De Lima said it is imperative for the government to take critical steps towards...
Getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be made mandatory to effectively contain the pandemic, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday, Dec. 1. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense)...
The Department of Health (DOH) team praised the Las Pinas City government for its clean and orderly vaccination sites during an inspection visit on Tuesday, on Nov. 30. DOH Regional director Gloria Balboa and her team visited The Tent and SM Center where the Bayanihan Bakunahan was being conducted....
