Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the government to prioritize the procurement and use of vaccines that have high levels of efficacy now that the country has more access to different brands of vaccines. Drilon lamented that Filipinos are being short-changed when it comes to...
President Duterte reminded local government units (LGUs) to prepare their cold storage facilities while waiting for the arrival of additional coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supply. President Rodrigo Duterte deliver a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24,...
The government is prepared to use all assets, including military aircraft, to bring the coronavirus vaccines to far-flung places in the country. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) President Duterte...
With the continued threat of coronavirus disease (COVID) and its more transmissible variants, the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) urged Monday, June 28, those who have already received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines to get their second dose “as soon as possible.” (Joe...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the latest batch of Sinovac coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines that arrived in the country Monday, June 28, will be brought to areas where there is a surge in cases. DOH/MB "We will bring this where there is a surge. We have surge in Region 6,...
Vice President Leni Robredo lamented the lack supply of coronavirus vaccines in Bicol region even at a time her home province saw surges in COVID-19 cases. Vice President Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Robredo, a leader of the opposition, said she hoped the cities and provinces in Bicol will...
The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) will not recommend to the government to stop the vaccination using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines amid the more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation recorded in the United States among young adults and adolescents after the inoculation of...
The more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation logged in the United States among young adults and adolescents following the inoculation of Pfizer vaccines should not prod the government to stop the use of the US-made jabs, the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development...
The government should start considering buying more effective and cheaper vaccines to inject to the Filipino population to ensure better protection against the COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Saturday, June 26. Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) In a radio...
Former President Fidel V. Ramos and Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi received their second dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos (left) and Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi getting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa...
As the government aims to achieve herd immunity by year-end, the Department of Interior and the Local Government (DILG) said Friday, June 25, that the immunization campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be hastened if the focus of the vaccination is on individuals who are willing...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported 3,000 vials of Chinese-made Sinovac vaccines in the far-flung town of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi to inoculate the residents against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it said Friday, June 25. Hundreds of residents in Mapun, Tawi-Tawi have received their first...
