Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday renewed his call for the government to ramp up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program and increase its daily vaccination rate. Drilon said he is concerned about the high percentage of people who do not return for their second dose of...
The national government will welcome 3.2 million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines on Thursday, June 10, the biggest single-day vaccine arrival so far. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed a string of criminal charges against three people who were tagged in the alleged selling of coronavirus vaccines and vaccination slot after getting enough evidence based on the joint investigation of its two units. Charged were Cyle Cedric Bonifacio,...
Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered more than six million COVID-19 vaccine doses three months after its vaccination program...
The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) has welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that Pfizer jabs could now be administered to children aged 12 to 15, its spokesperson said Wednesday, June 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with GMA New's Unang Balita, PPS spokesperson...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 8, appealed to the government to closely monitor the vaccination of economic and government frontliners under the A4 category. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) Villanueva, chairman of...
In a bid to increase vaccination uptake, decrease hesitancy and help curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO) on Tuesday, June 8, launched an information and education advocacy campaign. 'Bakuna, Now Na campaign' is an information and...
Majority of Philippine companies are not in a rush to mandate COVID-19 vaccination among employees, citing employers’ concerns about the safety of the vaccines as one of the major reasons for it. A Mercer survey conducted in February 2021 revealed that Philippine employers are not rushing to make...
While most Filipinos are getting tired of living with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over a year into quarantine, a significant portion of the population remains hesitant to get vaccinated. This hesitancy, according to experts and various studies, stems from concerns on the safety of vaccines and...
A vaccine passport may just be the Filipinos' ticket to a return to normal life. Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The government has started working on the issuance of...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 8, called on the government, as well as the private sector to provide free transportation for senior citizens, persons with disability (PWDs) and indigent residents going to vaccination cites. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN) The chairperson of the Senate Committee...
After the national government kicked off the vaccination program for economic and government frontliners (A4), questions arise whether work-from-home (WFH) employees are also qualified to get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine even if they are not going out of their homes and exposing...
