Cebu City will need volunteer vaccinators for vaccine rollout

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will need at least 50 vaccinators when it implements its mass vaccination program this year. Cebu City Health Officer, Doctor Jeffrey Ybonez, said that the vaccinators will be assigned to the…

China vaccine can’t be most expensive option

Geronimo L. Sy - @inquirerdotnet 01/27/2021

From cars to electronics, from consumer items to construction materials, everything from China is cheaper, much cheaper. It is not the world’s factory for nothing. In fact, practically everything around us is shipped out of a Chinese…

Cebu City vaccine board visits storage facility

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccine Board has visited one storage facility in Metro Cebu that may be able to cater to the storage needs of the vaccine when these arrive in the city. Councilor…

Cebu City now in talks with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is now in talks with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna for the possible procurements of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. This is the first time that the city has…

Rep. Abellanosa concerned about Cebu City’s lack of vaccine deal

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City South District Representative Rodrigo “Bebot” Abellanosa is concerned about the lack of a vaccine deal for the city’s residents even though majority of the highly urbanized cities in the country has…

City mayors in talks for possible purchase of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. - Correspondent / @nestorburgosINQ 01/14/2021

ILOILO CITY –– City governments under the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) are eyeing to purchase more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines being developed by drug manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, chair…

Labella: Most mayors want freedom to choose vaccine brand

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is urging other city mayors to push through with the tripartite agreement with the national government in the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Labella, who is the chairperson of…

Labella forms committee to study vaccination plan

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the formation of a committee to study the vaccination plan and how to efficiently achieve the desired herd immunity against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In…

2 brands of COVID-19 vaccine may arrive in PH by February — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 01/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Two types of COVID-19 vaccines may arrive in the country as early as February, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. “May portfolio po tayo na iba’t ibang mga bakuna (We have a portfolio…

Vaccine deal talks with Moderna to start by Dec. 30 — Locsin

Darry John Esguerra 12/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Negotiations for a possible coronavirus vaccine supply deal with American biotechnology company Moderna may start on or before Dec. 30, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Monday. “Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. is…

‘Moderna, Arcturus ready to supply up to 25 M COVID vaccine doses by Q3 2021’

Consuelo Marquez 12/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Two US pharmaceutical firms are willing to supply COVID-19 vaccines to the country in the third quarter of next year, the Philippines’ envoy to the US said Friday. “I am pleased to report that,…

COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippine context

Gideon Lasco, Joshua San Pedro - @inquirerdotnet 12/16/2020

Several months and over 400,000 COVID-19 cases later, the Philippines has begun its long-awaited and promised process of acquiring vaccines as a means to end the pandemic. As early as April, President Duterte spoke optimistically of the…

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