Danao puts cap on walk-ins for COVID jabs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Danao City on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, announced that they will be temporarily putting a limit on the number of walk-ins for their COVID-19 vaccination drive. Starting Wednesday, the city government will…

Talisaynons urged: Pre-register kids 12-17 for COVID jab

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas on Monday, September 20, urged constituents in his city to pre-register their children, ages 12 to 17-years-old, for COVID-19 vaccination. Gullas’ announcement came weeks after the…

In Cordova, 1k inoculated in ‘mass vaccination’ drive

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More local governments in Cebu are scaling up their efforts to inoculate more of their constituents against COVID-19. In the town of Cordova, over 1,000 individuals received their first dose of the COVID-19…

Fully vaccinated vs COVID in Region 7 reaches 1 million

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas recently reached another milestone in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) reported that as of September 12, 2021, a total of 1,006,554 individuals in the region have…

Lessons from Delta variant: Vaccination, consistency in observance of minimum health standards

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The implementation of another round of stricter community quarantine revived the anxieties and uncertainties that Cebuanos felt in 2020. But the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination rollout provided the much-needed hope of living normal lives…

Cebu City eyes creating separate vaccine registration site for adolescents

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is planning to create a separate registration site for adolescents who will be qualified to receive free COVID-19 vaccines from the government. Local officials here welcomed the decision of the Food…

LGUs told: Start masterlisting children ages 12-17 for COVID vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local government units here are urged to start masterlisting children ages 12 to 17 years old, and who are qualified to receive COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by US pharmaceutical firms Moderna and Pfizer. This…

Over 200 Consolacion inmates fully vaxxed vs COVID-19

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over 200 inmates at the Consolacion Municipal Jail have already completed their COVID-19 inoculation schedule. The local government of Consolacion, in a post on social media, announced that 94 percent of the jail’s…

Close to 400 inmates in Minglanilla get COVID vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More inmates in Cebu are receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the southern town of Minglanilla, at least 387 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) were inoculated against the infection on…

Over 1,000 inmates, jail officers in Talisay City receive COVID jabs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over 1,000 inmates and jail officers in Talisay City Jail received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) running the city jail’s male dormitory, together…

Low turnout among walk-ins prompts Talisay to do mobile vaccination

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Talisay City government is set to open mobile vaccination centers, which will add to the list of localities here that are planning to scale up their vaccination efforts by deploying satellite vaccination…

Cebu receives additional 50k doses of Pfizer vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu received an additional supply of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, the spokesperson of the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC), confirmed to reporters that 50,310 doses of the mRNA vaccines arrived…

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