Vaccine cards could be a step closer to reopening the economy as safe and fast as possible. As more Filipinos are getting vaccinated, business leaders have proposed the establishment of a unified vaccine pass system in digital form to promote safe and greater mobility in the country. According to...
Vice President Leni Robredo is conflicted about the non-disclosure of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine brands in vaccination sites, saying this move was ideal but doubted if it will work in the Philippines. VP Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) In an interview with "Viewpoint" over the Now...
Vice President Leni Robredo believed that the country can meet its target to achieve "population protection" but said it would have been better if the government stuck with the original goal which was "herd immunity." VP Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Robredo made the statement after the...
The MARINO Party-list has called for the immediate acquisition of Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose vaccines for Filipino seafarers and other land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to expedite their deployment. In this file photo taken on February 23, 2021, vials of the CoronaVac vaccine,...
Google has rolled out the "Get the Facts" campaign as part of its commitment to help build trust in vaccines by promoting authoritative information across its products including Search. A Cebuano resident under the priority list receives a jab of Pfizer biontech Covid-19 vaccine in Cebu City held...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid We thought that the main hurdle in the current mass vaccination program, the most ambitious health project we’ve ever undertaken, was the slow pace in the administration of the vaccine. It was at the beginning, but the low rate of acceptance of COVID-19...
THINKING PINOY RJ Nieto I belong to the A3 priority category, so I have already received two shots of Sinovac's Coronavac spaced four weeks apart. With that said, let me tell you about my COVID-19 vaccine experience. The process is quite simple and straightforward, and I am so happy that the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Will the journey never end? Now DOH doctors are telling us we’ll need a third dose, what’s called a booster shot, to complete the vaccination process. “DOH, they make me sick!” said Corito, who belongs to a family of doctors. We’re a captive market, all 110...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Prevention is better than cure -- but when it comes to COVID, what happens when people can't get the vaccine, don't want it, or they're immune suppressed and it fails to stop infection? The hunt is on for a coronavirus treatment that can be taken as a pill...
The United States government has included the Philippines among the countries to receive the first batch of coronavirus vaccines as earlier promised by US President Joe Biden, Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose Manuel Romualdez said Friday. (via www.whitehouse.gov) In an interview over...
A member of the national team receives her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel Friday, May 28. (Photo by Manny Llanes) National athletes, coaches and officials bound to the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games got their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 on...
Senators do not find anything wrong with giving incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) This, as Las Piñas City Representative...
