The country has administered a record-high 120,000 vaccinations in a single day as it marked the administration of more than three million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs, a National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 official said. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. attends Pres. Duterte's "Talk...
Manila City's elderly people and those with comorbidities can now get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday (May 18). A residents in Manila receives her first dose of Pfizer vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel on Tuesday (May 18, 2021). (Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government has deployed...
The EU's drug agency on Monday approved the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in fridges for up to a month, in a move that should boost its rollout across the bloc. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen....
Parañaque City residents flocked a mall in the city on Monday (May 17), in hopes of getting vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but many left the place disappointed and criticized the handling that they experienced. (Photo from Chinggay Kanapi / MANILA BULLETIN) A resident who...
Unimplementable, discriminatory. That's how a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) official described proposals to require customers to present a "vaccine pass" before they are allowed entry to a business establishment. Essentially, a vaccine pass is proof that the person holding it has received...
What was supposed to be a momentous event turned out to be chaotic as the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine at a mall in Paranaque City on Monday, May 17, was heavily criticized for the poor handling of the vaccinees, resulting to violation of minimum health standards such as the observance of social...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government cannot just use AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines on essential workers listed under the A4 priority group as it breaches the condition set by the COVAX Facility. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque claimed that the opposition was actually wishing for the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to fail so they could have a better shot at winning in the upcoming 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is open to the idea of Vice President Leni Robredo of having "vaccine cabs" as it may help in accommodating more people in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire "Kung ano ang mga rekomendasyon ay...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
Several leaders of various Filipino-American groups thanked United States President Joe Biden for the recent delivery of more than 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines through the COVAX facility. Filipino-American community leaders gather outside the White House in...
