More than 170,000 COVID vaccines wasted in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Due to Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai), the number of wasted COVID-19 vaccines in Central Visayas has reached more than 170,000 doses, local health officials reported.  The Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) on…

Cebu needs to vaccinate 80% of seniors if it wants to shift to Alert Level 1 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Local health officials here will be closely monitoring ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drives intended for senior citizens. An official from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) believes that Cebu’s prolonged Alert Level 2 status…

Govt assures sufficient vax supply in Metro Cebu for minors

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local health officials here assured the public that Metro Cebu still has ample supply of COVID-19 vaccines for minors despite some local governments halting their inoculation drives due to supply exhaustion.  Dr. Mary…

DOH-7 exec cautions premature dropping of face mask mandate

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has cautioned about the consequences of prematurely dropping face mask mandates amid reports that the Philippines may do so by the end…

COVID-19 vaccination for street children possible, health officials say

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Administering COVID-19 vaccines to street children is possible, local health officials here said. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) and Cebu City Health Office welcomed the recommendations of Cebu Medical Society…

Day 1 of vax drive for 5 to 11 successful, officials say

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children 5 to 11 years old in Cebu last Monday, February 14 was a success, health officials said.  “(It was a) very good turn…

Metro Cebu set to vaccinate 5-to 11-year-old kids on Feb. 14; 22K doses readied

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Metro Cebu is now gearing up for the start of the COVID-19 vaccination drive among children age 5 to 11 years old. At least 22,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech have been…

Unvaccinated make up 94% of COVID-deaths among kids in Cebu –VVOC

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu is set to start administering COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11 years old anytime soon. And local health officials here are urging parents to have their children vaccinated as a…

Cebu may start vaccinating kids aged 5-11 years by mid-Feb

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local health officials in Cebu are expecting to start administering COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11 years old within this month. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of…

Cebu City opens 1st drug store to administer booster shots

Morexette Marie Erram 02/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—More access to COVID-19 vaccines are being made in Cebu City. The national government and city government on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, launched the city’s first drug store that will be administering Covid-19 shots to…

Health officials hope Cebu remains under Alert Level 2

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Despite rapid increase in COVID-19 cases here, health officials are hoping that Cebu will remain under a more relaxed quarantine classification.  The number of active COVID cases in the entire Cebu have breached the 1,000…

Cebu braces for Omicron 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – While recovering from the devastation of Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai), local governments here are bracing for the possibility of another spike of COVID-19 infections, one that is driven by the Omicron variant.…

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