There will be no compromise in the call of the House Committee on Labor and Employment for the suspension of the “no vaccine, no work” policy introduced by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. 1Pacman Partylist Rep. Eric Pineda Committee...
Efforts are underway to develop a “potential” vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Dec. 10. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they supported a study on a potential candidate for...
A total of 90 participants of the country’s “Mix and Match” (MnM) study have already received their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Dec. 10. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Undersecretary for Research and...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is studying if COVID-19 vaccine booster shots can be given three months after the second dose. “We are looking at advancing...
The Parañaque City government vaccinated a total of 74,523 children aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19, the City Health Office (CHO) reported on Dec. 9. The city is targeting to inoculate 80,000 residents belonging to the said age group. Mayor Edwin Olivarez was happy with the turnout of the youths...
The Pasay City government received 5,000 doses of Moderna vaccines from two private companies in support of the city’s Vacc to the Future vaccination program. Jose Crisol, Jr., SVP and Head- Investor Relations and Communication representing GT Capital Holdings, Inc. and John Frederick Cabato,...
Around 3.6 million doses of Moderna and AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were transported to the country on Friday morning, Dec. 10. Around 3.6 million doses of Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are delivered at NAIA Terminal 1 on Dec. 10, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against...
LAGUNA – The provincial government was recognized for achieving the highest cumulative jab rate during the National Vaccination Days. The recognition was given by the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the National Task Force (NTF) against...
More than 1.8 million students and over 239,000 personnel in higher education have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), data released by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, Dec. 9, showed. (Photo from CHED) Citing data as of Dec. 3, CHED said that based on...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses. Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved. Democratic Senators Jon Tester and Joe Manchin voted with Republicans,...
In support of the country's national vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) vaccinated nearly 4,000 people from Luzon to Mindanao in a single day. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said that it administered over 3,952 doses in one day alone on Dec. 6,...
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced on Thursday, Dec. 9, that active cases of COVID-19 in the city are down to 21 based on the report of the City Health Office (CHO). Aguilar said the decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city “only shows that the effort of the city government...
