Vaccination of minors with co-morbidities in Cebu City starts on Oct. 29

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/28/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will begin the vaccination for minors with comorbidities tomorrow, October 29, 2021.  City Health Officer-in-charge, Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, said that they would hold a ceremonial launch at the Vicente Sotto…

1.8 million unutilized COVID-19 vaccines in Region 7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health officials in Central Visayas continue to reassure the public that the region still has enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines amid a decline in the number of individuals getting jabbed daily. This after…

10K Mandaue City minors masterlisted for COVID-19 vaccination

10/06/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Vaccine Operation Center (VOC) has already masterlisted almost 10,000 minors aged 12 to 17 years old for vaccination against COVID-19. Dr. Ligaya Lakambini Dargantes, operations head of the city’s VOC…

RCCF, RAFI join forces for COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Mary Jhudielle Gicale 10/04/2021

With the progress in eradicating polio globally due to widespread vaccination, the Rotary Club of Cebu Fuente (RCCF) partnered with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) to educate the community on the advantages and benefits of COVID-19…

Significant drop in Mandaue vaccinees noted

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/30/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philip pines –The Mandaue City Vaccine Operation Center has recorded a significant decrease in the average number of vaccinees for the last three weeks. According to Levi Doverte, VOC operations manager, for the past three…

DepEd-7 targets inoculating 75% of teachers, personnel

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) is yet to receive formal orders from the national government requiring teaching and non-teaching personnel who will be deployed for the pilot implementation of face-to-face…

202 COVID vaccine doses wasted in Region 7 – VVOC

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 202 doses of COVID-19 vaccines allocated in Central Visayas were left to waste, the Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) said recently. But Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, VVOC spokesperson, said the…

Mythical ‘Bakunawa’ comes to life in Gomez’s MUP national costume

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Beatrice Luigi Gomez, Cebu City’s bet for Miss Universe Philippines 2021 gave life to a Visayan folk icon during the pageant’s National Costume competition on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Gomez’s national costume was inspired by…

Cebu City EOC hopeful for MGCQ after September

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines- The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of Cebu City is hopeful that the city will transition to a more relaxed community quarantine status by October. “With September nearing its end, it is more likely that…

Mandaue mayor not keen on ‘Bakuna Bubble’ in city

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/17/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government is not keen on implementing a ‘Bakuna Bubble’ in the city. City Councilor Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, chairman of the comittee on health, said that they talked with other city councilors…

Consolacion to launch ‘Bakuna nights’

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/13/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—The local government of Consolacion will launch on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, the Bakuna nights, a night shift COVID-19 vaccination program for workers, including those who are working in the town. Bakuna nights will happen…

Scale down on testing, scale up on vaccines

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 09/13/2021

The strategy being pursued by the government to stop the spread of COVID-19 is failing. It’s resulting in a waste of public funds, with little hope of slowing down the pandemic. Everyone is quarreling about the correct…

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