Seventy-five thousand doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine were donated by the Qatari government and Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech to the Philippines on Wednesday, April 13. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and Qatar Ambassador to the Philippines Ali Ibrahim Al-Malki shake hands...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city has maintained its record of zero Covid-19 cases based on the report submitted by the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on Tuesday, April 12. Rubiano, however, urged residents to remain vigilant even as the city continues to record...
President Duterte has blamed fake news peddled by rebel group and other "enemies" of the government over the vaccine hesitancy of some Filipinos, especially those in Mindanao. Duterte said Monday night, April 11, it is the government's "enemies" who have been spreading false information and...
The Department of Health (DOH) has provided additional evidence to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the amendment of the emergency use authorization (EUA) to allow the administration of the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals and to include...
Presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has urged Filipinos to get their booster shots to maintain the freedom of movement the country currently enjoys as millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine are also set to expire. Concepcion made the appeal on Tuesday as "we know the freedom we...
With the emergence of a new sublineage of Covid-19 variant Omicron called "XE", its faster transmissibility than the BA.2 subvariant was first noted, and an expert reminded that it does not correlate to a relatively more severe form of the virus. Omicron variant of COVID-19 "Hindi naman necessarily...
If another Covid-19 surge hits the country, it would be the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and Soccsksargen (Region 12) that could suffer the most. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Courtesy of Malacanang) This was the bold prediction of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.,...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on Sunday that Cambodia's successful vaccine rollout has saved lives, stabilized the health system and contributed to the kingdom's economic recovery. A girl receives her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,906 new confirmed Covid-19 from April 4 to 10, making its average daily cases 29 percent lower compared to the past week. The DOH recorded an average of 272 cases of Covid-19 per day. DOH From March 28 to April 3, the health department recorded 2,679...
More than 66 million individuals have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 while 12.4 million are already boosted, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Monday, April 11. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa PIO) The health department said that 66 million individuals are 74.05...
The Muntinlupa City government will deploy vaccination teams to different workplaces and public transport terminals to increase the number of booster shot recipients. As of April 7, a total of 122,149 individuals in Muntinlupa have received their booster shots, or 25 percent of the 486,579 who are...
Citing the country’s low booster vaccination rate, National Task Force against Covid-19 Adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa on Saturday, April 9, urged the public to get boosted while on vacation during the Holy Week. Herbosa said there are only around 12.1 million individuals who have...
