Fresh from her disaster relief operations in the Visayas and Mindanao region, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo revisited her office’s pandemic response initiatives last year. OVP staff and volunteers pack medical supplies for their COVID-19 response project in Palawan (Photo from...
As the country deals with the continued threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) once again reminded the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) “The best protection against COVID-19 is to get vaccinated,” said PRC...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss bared that all Filipinos in Israel have been fully vaccinated and will face no problem in getting booster shots. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Israel in the Philippines) "To the best of my...
KIGALI -- Rwanda has achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) target of vaccinating 40 percent of the entire population by December 2021, the Rwandan Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday. According to the ministry, as of Dec. 24, a total of 7,556,466 of the targeted Rwandan...
WARSAW, Poland -- Efforts in Europe to encourage vaccine use through certificates proving vaccination, a negative test result or evidence of having had Covid have created a mountain of regulation. Here are some of the more puzzling rules as Europeans settle for another winter holiday season...
A timely Christmas present arrived on Friday, Dec. 24, with the arrival of 1,405,170 doses of Pfizer vaccine which could protect more Filipinos from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport personnel inspects the boxes which contain 1.4 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vacci e at NAIA...
ft.com The Department of Health (DOH) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program is not yet open for children aged five to 11 as the government still needs to procure the specific vaccine intended for them. "We would like to clarify that we are not yet administering COVID-19...
The Manila City local government announced on Friday, Dec. 24, that it has deployed more than three million COVID-19 vaccines as of Dec. 22. According to the Manila Public Information Office (PIO), the city has administered 3,000,250 vaccine doses, of which 1,582,869 received their first dose while...
The Caloocan City government announced on Thursday, Dec.23, that all COVID-19 vaccination sites in the city will be closed during the holidays. The sites will not conduct vaccinations on Dec. 25, 26, 30,31, Jan. 1 and 2, 2022. Vaccinations will resume on Dec. 27 to 29, and on Jan. 3 Residents who...
Claiming that he was right to mandate Filipinos to get their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine shots to delay the entry of the highly transmissible Omicron variant into the country, President Duterte a has sked Filipinos to “take advantage” of the abundant vaccine supply and get their...
A total of 2,127,201 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been deployed in Caloocan City as of Dec. 17, the city government announced on Monday, Dec. 20. The City Health Department reported that 1,107,562 individuals received their first jabs while 990,771 were fully vaccinated. Also, 28,868 health care...
