Region 7’s vaccine success rate still below 50%

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas, as of March 18, is yet to achieve a 50 percent success rate in the vaccination of all healthcare workers against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a recent press conference, the…

Gov’t target in 2021? A ‘better Christmas’, herd immunity — Galvez

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 03/18/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is targeting to reach herd immunity this year amid its battle against COVID-19 as it hopes for a “better Christmas” for Filipinos, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. Galvez said…

Bohol receives shipment of over 6K doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Doris C. Bongcac 03/15/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Bohol province received on Sunday, March 14, its share of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines from the national government. The shipment included 5,140 doses of Astrazeneca vaccines and 1,340 doses of Sinovac that were…

CCMC health workers next to be vaccinated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) workers will be prioritized when the second batch of vaccines, which most likely will be of the brand, AstraZeneca, arrives. Labella said that some doses of Sinovac, the…

60K vaccine doses for Region 7’s healthcare workers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas would need around 60,000 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to vaccinate all of the healthcare workers in the region. But so far, only 24,680 vials of CoronaVac, the COVID-19…

Ahong eyes tie-up with private hospitals for vaccine storage

Futch Anthony Inso 03/04/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Lapu-Lapu City Government will tie-up with private hospitals for storing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, once the city will already receive an allocation from the national government. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan…

PH receives first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from China

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 02/28/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, with the arrival of 600,000 doses of the vaccine made by China-based drugmaker Sinovac Biotech. The military aircraft from China carrying the Sinovac…

Mandaue lays down COVID-19 vaccination plan

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes met with the city’s barangay officials on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, to tackle the city’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination plan. In line with the preparation of the…

34 hospitals to get initial batch of Pfizer vaccine — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 02/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Personnel from 34 hospitals in the country will receive the initial batch of Covid-19 vaccines from US drugmaker Pfizer, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. In an online press briefing, DOH Undersecretary and…

Gov’t should not be pressured by China’s donation of COVID-19 vaccine, says Pangilinan

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 01/17/2021

MANILA, Philippines — China’s donation of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines should not pressure the Philippine government to approve its use, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Sunday. Pangilinan made the remark after China State Councilor and Foreign Minister…

Duterte says he will take responsibility for anything wrong with COVID-19 vaccines

Krissy Aguilar 01/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that he would take responsibility if something should go wrong in the use of COVID-19 vaccines that the national government would buy. In a taped speech aired Wednesday,…

Duterte to US: No vaccine, no VFA

Darryl John Esguerra 12/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte put the United States government on notice on Saturday that he would continue with the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) if it could not provide the Philippines with its…

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