Being a humanitarian organization, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) clarified that it will not be selling any vaccines, especially coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN The PRC, in a series of tweets posted on its official Twitter account on Monday night, May...
With plans to vaccinate 58 million people before the end of the year, the government has so far administered 2.9 million coronavirus vaccines, mostly benefiting health workers, since the inoculation drive started last March. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Of the 2,959,829 doses distributed,...
Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that local health units are able to follow protocols in the handling of life-saving coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. Binay noted at that at least 348 vials of Coronavac had been rendered unusable in Makilala town in Cotabato after...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has reiterated his directive to local power stakeholders to ensure "reliable and stable" supply of electricity for the cold storage needs of sensitive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page)...
The country remains ill-prepared to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 as it falls on its target to vaccinate 120,000 people a day to achieve herd immunity by the end of this year, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 16. Citing a herd immunity tracker on Twitter, Robredo said that...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued six people, including policemen and two personnel of the Department of Health, when the boat they were riding in to transport coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines capsized off the waters of Real in Quezon province. (Photo courtesy of the PCG) In an...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday, May 15, appealed to the government task force handling the COVID-19 crisis to begin inoculations for economic and government frontliners under the A4 category of its priority list "as soon as possible". Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz'...
The strong economic cooperation between the Philippines and China has generated "great rewards" for both nations to propel towards economic recovery during the pandemic, according to a Chinese diplomat. President Rodrigo Duterte discusses matters with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang...
The government was urged by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to “intensify” its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination efforts to ensure that more Filipinos will be protected by the deadly virus. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) “The government really has to intensify its immunization...
President Duterte wanted coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to be distributed to the local government units (LGUs) immediately, saying he will not accept it if the country will lose the fight against COVID-19 just because the shots expired due to negligence. President Duterte talks to the people after...
JERUSALEM, Israel (Xinhua) -- Israeli scientists have discovered how the COVID-19 virus evades the human immune system, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said on Thursday.In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers from the WIS and the Israel Institute for...
Former Vice President Jejomar Binay urged the national government on Thursday to immediately use expiring COVID-19 vaccines. Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Binay was referring to the 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses which are scheduled to expire on June 30. The doses were part of the recent...
