The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) vaccine expert panel (VEP) said Thursday, July 22, that all available coronavirus disease (COVID-vaccines in the country do not have live virus and will not in any way result in viral shedding. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) VEP chief Dr....
The Taguig City government has already administered 478,997 doses of COVID-19 vaccines since March. As of July 20, Taguig has vaccinated 303,361 individuals with the first dose, or 44.6 percent of the target population of 680,000. In addition, 175,636 individuals are now fully vaccinated after...
The Philippine government received on Thursday morning, July 22, additional 1.5 million doses of Sinovac, bringing the total number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines delivered in the country to almost 30 million doses. But there will be more as additional one million doses of Sinovac are...
CAVITE - Recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have a higher viral load compared to previous cases, Governor Jonvic Remulla said on Thursday (July 22). Remulla cited data from experts at De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute in Dasmariñas. "Hindi natin alam o masabi kung ang...
More than 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arrived in the country on Wednesday night, July 21. (FILES) This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 shows vials with Covid-19 vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer....
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso thanked the US government on Wednesday, July 21, for donating more than 3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to the country through the COVAX vaccine sharing facility. Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso The US government...
Sorsogon Governor Francis "Chiz" Escudero lamented on Wednesday, July 21, the slow vaccine rollout in his province, which he attributed to the national government's policy of prioritizing cities in Metro Manila and other high-risk areas of the Philippines. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (left) and...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s second daughter, Tricia, was among the volunteer vaccinators at her Vaccine Express initiative in Manila on Wednesday, July 21. Vice President Leni Robredo and her daughter Tricia at the Vaccine Express in Manila. (VP Robredo/Facebook) Robredo, in a Facebook post,...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will bring the Vaccine Express initiative to Naga City, the hometown of Vice President Leni Robredo, to boost the local government’s COVID-19 vaccination capacity. A tricycle driver takes a photo of a woman at the Vaccine Express in Manila to record her...
The Philippines must prepare for a "worst-case scenario" against the possible spread of a more transmissible Delta variant, a physician from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine said on Wednesday, July 21. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Gene Nisperos...
This picture shows used vials of the BioNtech Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination of seafarers at a stadium in Manila on July 15, 2021. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP) The country's health experts are still not yet recommending the use of booster shots for those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus...
An infectious disease expert on Wednesday, July 21, said the Delta variant is 97 percent transmissible than the original lineage. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual Palace briefing, Dr. Rontgene Solante, who heads the adult infectious diseases unit at San Lazaro hospital in Manila, said the...
