The sad story of our delayed vaccine rollout

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 05/02/2021

At the virtual vaccine summit organized the other day by the country’s leading business groups, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. told participants: “We are very confident that the country will be able to achieve herd containment…

Region 7 has facilities fit for Sputnik V vaccines

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has facilities fit to store Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines, the regional health office has reported. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, spokesperson of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said…

Mandaue City sets aside P200M for COVID-19 vaccine

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/14/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City government is setting aside P200 million intended for the procurement of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to complement what the national government will provide the city. Lawyer John Eddu Ibañez,…

Cebu City ‘waiting for Galvez’s go-signal’ before vaccine purchase

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Several highly urbanized cities in the country have already entered into formal agreements with international pharmaceutical firms to purchase coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. But for Cebu City, they will have to wait…

Schools will be inspected first if face-to-face classes will be allowed – Galvez

Krissy Aguilar, Tonette Orejas 07/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Should physical classes resume in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), schools will be inspected first to figure out how health protocols could be implemented, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.,  the chief implementer of…

National gov’t deploys team to investigate surge of COVID-19 cases in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government has sent a team of epidemiologists to Cebu to investigate the cause of the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of…

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