Clinical Matters Nothing is more contentious these days than the discussion surrounding additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Israel, having reached a high level of vaccination for its citizens, started offering boosters to its elderly population early on, followed by younger and younger age...
EDITORIAL Getting more jabs into arms has become priority job number one in the fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr., the country’s vaccine czar, declared last week that while COVID-19 vaccine supply in the country has stabilized, distribution is...
The Philippines will likely start by end of this month or early November its “Mix and Match” trial or MnM study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of mixing different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and vaccine platforms in Filipino adults. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced that barely 61 days before Christmas, her wish to achieve herd immunity for the city was granted with 99.9 percent Las Pineros given their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines and 90.6 percent who are fully vaccinated. Aguilar said the two key factors in achieving herd...
The national government is now preparing to administer the third dose or booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to eligible priority groups and recipients will now be allowed to choose what brand they prefer. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by Sec. Carlito...
Three million doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 on Sunday night, Oct. 24 -- marking the 100th shipment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots received by the country. Three million doses of Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed all the provincial government to distribute the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to their localities within three days upon receipt of the doses in a bid to prevent them from expiring. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco...
In the fourth and final quarter of 2021, the national government will try to administer one million to 1.5 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines daily to achieve its target of inoculating 77 million Filipinos by year end. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Sec. Carlito Galvez...
A total of 40,875 out of the 123,499 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were injected with full doses of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Sunday, Oct. 24. The...
The recruitment of participants for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccines Trial (SVT) has been piloted in three hospitals in Metro Manila, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 advised local government units even outside Metro Manila not to worry about buying vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying the government has already enough supplies to inoculate its target population. A medical worker administer a...
The foreign vaccine developers that will be assisting local pharmaceutical companies in setting up a “fill and finish” facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines may be known soon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Saturday, Oct. 23. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE)...
