Some seniors experienced increased BP after COVID-19 vaccine shot – Ibones

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Health officials in Cebu City said that some of the senior citizens who already had their vaccine shot experienced an increase in their blood pressure. But it was nothing serious, says Dr. Jeffrey Ibones,…

Vaccination for senior citizens in Cebu City starts April 19

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/16/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The vaccination for senior citizens in Cebu City will start on Monday, April 19, 2021. This developed after the Vaccine Advisory Board (VAB) agreed on the procedure for conducting the vaccination. Vice…

VOC recommends start of roll-out for senior citizens by Monday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) is recommending the roll-out for senior citizens by Monday, April 19, 2021. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, the acting city health officer, said the turnout for the last…

Most Mandaue seniors ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/14/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – About 60 to 70 percent or 14 to 15,000 of the city’s 24,122 validated registered senior citizens have already registered to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Subangdaku Barangay Captain Ernie Manatad, chairman of the…

CV gets 44K additional Sinovac vaccines, may start roll-out for seniors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has announced that the region is getting an additional 44,400 allocations of the Sinovac vaccine. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, the chief pathologist of DOH-7, said…

DOH-7 to LGUs: Give unused AZ vaccines to seniors if…

Morexette Marie Erram 04/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) told local governments here to administer unused AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to senior citizens after they have completed administering the first dose of the vaccine to…

Vaccination for medical facility workers continues today in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The vaccination for medical facility workers in Cebu City has continued today with the arrival of 2,700 additional doses of Sinovac vaccines. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, the City Health Acting Officer, told CDN Digital…

Nearly 9K senior citizens ready for COVID vaccine in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/05/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Some 36 percent of Mandaue City’s validated registered senior citizens have already registered for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inoculation program. Subangdaku Barangay Captain Ernie Manatad, Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president and…

279K senior citizens in CV to receive P3K social pension by May — DSWD-7

Futch Anthony Inso 04/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The nearly 280,000 senior citizens in Central Visayas, who are social pensioners of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7), will all receive their P3,000 ‘semestral pension’ in May.…

Senior citizens of Talisay urged: Register for vaccination

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas is urging the senior citizens in the city to register for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. He said that while the roll-out for all medical frontliners…

3K BHWs, private health workers in Cebu City vaccinated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More barangay and private health workers in Cebu City have been vaccinated five days after the vaccine roll-out. The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) reported that a total of 3,620 barangay health workers…

Lapu-Lapu opens online registration for vaccination of its seniors

Futch Anthony Inso 03/31/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Lapu-Lapu City government has now opened online registration for the vaccination of its senior citizens. This was announced by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan on his Facebook page. “Anaa na kita…

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