The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, May 10, said 25 percent or 501,600 of the more than two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in the country last Saturday from the Covax Facility have been allocated to the National Capital Region (NCR). (DOH / MB) In a virtual forum, Health...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco received his second dose of CoronaVac vaccine on Monday afternoon at San Jose Academy. (NAVOTAS LGU/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a facebook post, Tiangco shared that he waited for 28 days to receive the second dose of China’s Sinovac Vaccine. “Fully vaccinated na po tayo...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III called for the just and equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines to ensure the access of lower-income and developing countries to life-saving medical interventions amid the prolonged pandemic. At the recent 54th Annual Meeting of the Asian...
The government has to inoculate at least 6 million people in Metro Manila before it could see a significant reduction in the number of coronavirus cases (COVID-19) cases by the end of the year, OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said on Monday, May 10. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Vice President Leni Robredo is exploring to turn her Swab Cab project into a “vaccine cab” that will go around communities to vaccinate people who cannot register online for the vaccination program in their areas. The vice president said her office is always willing to help the government roll...
The University of the Philippines Diliman's (UP Diliman) task force monitoring the community's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation expressed on Monday, May 10, its support to proposals to suspend patent rights and intellectual property rule to allow the Philippines and other developing...
A Filipina and her Indian boyfriend were arrested in Hong Kong over suspicion of providing misleading information to contact tracers. Pedestrians walk across a road in Hong Kong on May 3, 2021. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a South China Morning Post report, the 29-year-old engineer...
Golf legend Park Se-ri and actress Byun Jung-soo (Instagram) Korean golf legend and now TV personality and broadcaster Park Se-ri, 43, and actress Byun Jung-soo, 47, have revealed that they have been cured of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Park Se-ri tested positive for COVID-19 on April...
More than 43,000 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto announced Sunday (May 9). He said over 20,000 senior citizens in the city have been given the first dose of the vaccine. “Pasig LGU has now vaccinated over 43K people (1st dose). Sa seniors mahigit...
The government's efforts to vaccine as many Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) appeared to be on the right track as more vaccines continue to arrive, the latest was the first batch of donated Pfizer vaccines from the Covax facility which will be delivered on Monday night, May 10....
The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. has distanced itself from a planned rally to be staged near the White House by a group of Filipino-Americans pressing for US President Joe Biden to facilitate the delivery of American-made COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to the Philippines....
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public to receive their second dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on schedule to get the necessary protection against the viral illness. MB FILE PHOTO (Juan Carlo de Vela) “Ako po ay nakikiusap sa ating mga kababayan, dinggin nyo po yung...
