Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, shed light on the apparent delay in the signing of multi-party agreements (MPAs) for the procurement of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of National Task Force (NTF)...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday called for intensified vaccination in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its more transmissible variants, saying that vaccines have been proven to be highly effective in preventing severe to critical COVID-19 cases. Mayor Francis Zamora...
The Muntinlupa City government reported that 65 percent of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city are unvaccinated individuals. As of Aug. 16, there are 1,756 active COVID-19 cases in Muntinlupa and of the total, 1,140 (65 percent) are unvaccinated, 160 (9 percent) are partially...
(SWS) More than half of Filipinos have said that they have easy access to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site in their area, based on a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Based on the survey findings, 68 percent of adult Filipinos have said that...
The first day of the Muntinlupa City government’s “Bakuna sa Gabi” Monday drew 601 people belonging to the A4 priority group, or essential workers. “Bakuna sa Gabi,” implemented by the Muntinlupa City COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac) and City Health Office (CHO), was launched to...
The Caloocan City government has opened two drive-thru vaccination sites in a bid to help delivery riders get easy access to COVID-19 jabs amid the threats posed by the coronavirus disease and its variants. Mayor Oca Malapitan said the local government launched Tuesday the drive-thru inoculation...
The Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa has reached full bed capacity amid the surge in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR), its medical chief said Tuesday, Aug. 17. Asian Hospital and Medical Center "The occupancy of our COVID-19...
Around six million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines will be delivered to the country this week as the government seeks to bounce back from the decelerated inoculation program in the past two weeks. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ Office of the Presidential Adviser on...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri prodded on Tuesday, August 17, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 to expedite the approval of the national government's agreements with local government units and private companies seeking to purchase vaccines. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel...
CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla appealed anew to the Department of Health (DOH) to send more vaccines to Region 4-A local government units (LGU) amid the surging pandemic. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (August 17), Remulla attached a graphic illustration showing the disparity between the total...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said Monday, Aug. 16, that it has yet to determine whether or not the Lambda variant of the coronavirus is vaccine-resistant. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani said they will look into reports that the Lambda variant could be...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) has maintained that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are available in the Philippines provide protection against the coronavirus variants, including the Lambda variant, which was detected in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Yung mga...
