The Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,131 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, March 14. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.(FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA...
PARIS, France – France is offering a fourth dose of a coronavirus vaccine to people older than 80 who had their booster more than three months ago, the prime minister said Saturday. In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an elderly patient...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) has recommended the use of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine among children six to 17 years old. “The VEP already submitted the recommendation to FDA , use of Sinovac vaccine for the...
CEBU CITY—More than 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine that have been allocated for Region 7 can no longer be used. The vaccine doses expired after they were not used within the prescribed period, said Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC). Loreche...
As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to decrease in the country, three of the nine barangays in Muntinlupa now have zero cases. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of March 10, Muntinlupa only has 22 active cases including four new Covid-19 cases, four recoveries and zero...
Noting that a lot of countries are now doing it, Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor is prodding the government to roll out a fourth dose or second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to certain vulnerable sectors. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor “The virus is still with us....
IMUS CITY, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) temporarily suspended its pediatric vaccination for kids aged five to 11 due to a lack of supply of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer is the only Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be used for the age group....
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is planning to donate some of its Covid-19 vaccines to other nations in a bid to help ramp up their vaccination activities, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, March 10. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said they are eyeing to donate the...
Muntinlupa City’s active Covid-19 cases continued to decrease with one barangay registering zero tally. According to data from the City Health Office (CHO), Muntinlupa’s active cases totaled 23 as of March 8 including four new cases, seven recoveries and zero deaths. A kid belonging to the...
Nearly four million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) It was the largest single-day shipment US made through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility to the...
Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged various countries around the world including the Philippines, the health sector learned a lot in terms of response and is now more prepared to confront future contagions, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, March 8. A local...
The Muntinlupa City government has fully vaccinated nearly 39,000 minors aged five to 17 years old in the city. Data from the City Health Office showed that as of March 5, 35,981 minors aged 12 to 17 years old have received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while there are 2,507 kids aged...
