CHD to Sputnik-inoculated individuals: second dose can be extended until 3 months

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/14/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) urged individuals, who were inoculated with the Russian Gamalea Sputnik vaccines to wait for the arrival of their second dose. Recently, a shipment of 15,000 Sputnik…

No walk-ins allowed in Cebu City Vax centers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) is appealing to the public not to go to the vaccination center when they have not received a schedule yet. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD head, said that…

CHD studying nighttime vaccination roll-outs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) is now studying the possibility of holding vaccination roll-outs at night. This after the City Council has previously requested the CHD to study the possibility of opening…

Cebu City to VVOC: We deserve more vaccines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The vaccine supply cannot catch up with Cebu City’s speedy vaccination program. The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) reported that they had completed the roll-out of nearly 5,000 Sinovac vaccines in only one…

As jabs for A4 start, Cebu City still needs more vax

Morexette Marie Erram 06/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The COVID-19 vaccination drive in Cebu City has resumed on Thursday, June 24 with those under the A4 subgroup to be inoculated starting today. But the fresh supply of vaccines that the city…

Pfizer vaccines run out in Cebu City, VOC mulls using vaccine site for other brands

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Pfizer vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have run out in Cebu City rendering its dedicated vaccination site temporarily shut down. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, head of the City Health Department (CHD),…

Cebu City running low on Pfizer vaccines supply

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is now running low on its supply of the sought-after Pfizer vaccine. The city’s Vaccination Operations Center is expected to complete the distribution of available vaccines by Thursday, May…

Only 5K Pfizer vaccines allocated for Cebu City; pre-list needed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only 5,000 Cebu City residents may actually get the Pfizer vaccines that have recently arrived in Central Visayas. The Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) said only 5,000 vaccines had been allocated to the city…

Drive-through vaccination not feasible — Cebu City VOC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccination Operation Center (VOC) does not see the proposal for a drive-through vaccination as feasible. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, the acting city health officer, said that there would need to be…

Operation Second Chance officials may face admin rap for minors’ escaping from facility twice

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Officials of  Operation Second Chance, a youth correctional facility, may be facing an administrative case after two incidents of Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) escaping from the facility happened this year.…

Operation Second Chance head: 6 minors who escaped facility wanted to spend Christmas with family

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The six Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) who escaped from the Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunsasan, Cebu City, on Sunday night, December 22, 2019, wanted to spend their Christmas outside…

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