The Muntinlupa City government has vaccinated nearly 7,300 individuals on the first day of the Bayanihan, Bakunahan national vaccination campaign on Nov. 29. The national government’s three-day campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 aims to vaccinate at least nine million Filipinos or three million...
Local government units (LGUs) have the authority to impose the mandatory vaccination of their respective constituents, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Nov. 30, after President Duterte declared that he is open to force Filipinos to be inoculated amid the...
An estimated 2.4 million individuals were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on the first day of the national vaccination drive on Monday, Nov. 30, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. But Año emphasized that the figure is not...
The Navotas City government has started the COVID-19 booster shots rollout for individuals under the A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (persons with comorbidities) categories on Monday, Nov.29. “We need to expedite the rollout of boosters to our most vulnerable sectors, especially now that we are...
President Duterte says he's inclined to approve a proposal to make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory among Filipinos, should the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) come up with one. President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member’s presentation during his ‘Talk...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) cited “significant increases” in the vaccination rate of faculty and employees in higher education institutions (HEIs) and students in the tertiary level. (Photo from CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Monday, Nov. 29, said that...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 665 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Nov. 29, the lowest single-day count since July 2020. Scenes along the street going to the densely-populated area of Baranagy 23C in Davao City, a village that was previously placed under 14-day...
The Philippine Army (PA) deployed two medical teams to assist in the administration of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines during the kickoff of the National Vaccination Days on Monday, Nov. 29. The Philippine Army deploys two medical teams for the National Vaccination Days to be held from Nov....
A handful of participants during the launch of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" national vaccination drive were lucky enough to get free milk tea from President Duterte. (Screenshot from Facebook live) The Chief Executive spent roughly an hour at a mall in Masinag, Antipolo City Monday afternoon, Nov....
Vaccinating nine million individuals in a span of three days will be the biggest and “most ambitious” program of the government to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday, Nov. 29. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks at the ceremonial...
President Duterte expressed confidence that the Philippines will be able to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and come out as a stronger nation despite the threat of the new highly mutated Omicron variant. President Duterte kicks off 'Bayanihan Bakunahan" in Antipolo City, Rizal on...
The country remains under low-risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized the need to sustain this trend on Monday, Nov. 29. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical specialist at the DOH...
