Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the monitoring on the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the inoculation program against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is currently ongoing. Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out COVID-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than western vaccines in clinical trials. In this file photograph taken on March...
Over two million Filipinos have already been able to receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, while more than 500,000 individuals have been fully vaccinated after completing the two-dose regimen. Photo by Robyn Beck (AFP/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) But after getting the...
Norway will drop AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from its immunisation programme due to concerns over rare side effects, and offer Johnson & Johnson's jab only to volunteers while it remains suspended, the government announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a press conference the...
Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB) safely flew about 70,000 COVID-19 vaccines to various parts of Visayas and Mindanao on May 11 and 12, 2021, aiding in the continuous distribution of vaccines across the country. This...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) would like to limit to a maximum of 21-day processing of permits for proponents of vaccine manufacturing projects and to appoint a focal person at the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to ensure no red tape for this priority project, which President...
The Manila city government will start inoculating the medical frontliners with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday (May 13). A total of 7,020 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at the Sta. Ana Hospital on Tuesday night (May 11). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The country is aiming to inoculate more than 70,000 people per day next month as more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination hub in Makati City (ALI VICOY...
The Philippines awaits the necessary application coming from Pfizer before the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is amended and its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can be used for those who are in the 12 to 15 age group. Photo by Robyn Beck /AFP/FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN Department of...
The Muntinlupa City government has used up all the 3,000 doses of Sputnik V Gam-COVID-Vac vaccines donated by the national government and received new supply of other brands. On May 11, an additional 32,880 vials were delivered by the national government to Muntinlupa, consisting of 31,200 vials of...
The local government unit (LGU) of Makati City has started administering Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines to its residents at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday (May 12). The inoculation was conducted at the Auditorium on the 8th floor of MMC’s Tower 2. In an online forum, Mayor...
The Philippines must improve its vaccination efforts to protect more Filipinos from the B.1617 variant or the "double mutant" first traced to India, an infectious disease expert said Wednesday, May 12. Manila residents from A1 to A3 groups receive their 2nd dose of Sinovac vaccines during the...
