Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano has asked residents to be patient and to stop spreading fake news regarding the city’s vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (left) and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Comirnaty (Taguig City government / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Filipinos have reason to expect a “better Christmas” this year as the government aims to achieve “herd containment” in September followed by “herd immunity” in November. Thus declared Secretary Carlito Galvez, the country’s vaccine czar, in a report during President Duterte’s...
John Paul A. Valencia, MD Rural Health Doctor, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao When I first arrived in Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao, I was amazed by its pristine waters and majestic mountains. It was exhilarating for me since I am an outdoor person and love to go mountain climbing. As days went by...
Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible Indian coronavirus variant now spreading across the country, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. England, Scotland and Wales are set to unlock parts of their economy on Monday, but further steps...
The local government of Quezon City have joined hands with private sectors to add more inoculation sites to speed up the city's coronavirus vaccine drive. A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on Monday, April 05, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/...
The Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) is discussing with the local government of Parañaque a plan to produce a vaccination facility at the country's first landport. (PITX Corporate Affairs and Government Relations Head Jason Salvador / MANILA BULLETIN) PITX Corporate Affairs and...
League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. has called on the national government on Sunday, May 16, to send more coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the provinces especially those placed under modified general community...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the different local government units (LGUs) that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and food items should be stored separately. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Two senators on Saturday, May 15, called on the government to speed up the rollout of its vaccination program after officials disclosed that millions of COVID-19 vaccines are nearing expiry. "Bilisan na natin ang ating vaccine rollout. Huwag na sana tayo umabot sa punto na mae-expire ito...Dapat...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday, May 15, appealed to the government task force handling the COVID-19 crisis to begin inoculations for economic and government frontliners under the A4 category of its priority list "as soon as possible". Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz'...
A total of 677 residents in Muntinlupa City were inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Muntinlupa City government received 1,170 vials, or equivalent to 7,020 doses, of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the national government Thursday. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi (right) on...
Speaking as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Senator Richard Gordon expressed deep concern about the prospect of vaccines that will expire in June. (Daniel Schludi / UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) With about 1.5 million Astra Zenica doses expiring this...
