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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has urged parents to limit the exposure of minors outdoors even if they are already allowed to go outside in areas under alert level 2 and 3. The PNP issued the reminder following the Department of Health’s statement that many COVID-19 patients were unvaccinated. According to the PNP, while pediatric inoculation was ongoing in the country, a large number was still awaiting their turn to get inoculated. “We […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo received her COVID-19 vaccine second dose on Wednesday, Aug. 11. In a post on her Facebook page, Robredo said she received her dose at the Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City as part of the A3 category, or the category for people with comorbidities. Earlier, Robredo said she has hypertension. Robredo said her staff members who are members of that same category also got inoculated on the same […]
(Eagle News) — The Valenzuela City government has suspended COVID-19 inoculation activities for today. July 25, due to the incessant rains and flooding. In an advisory, the local government said the suspension applies to all vaccination sites and the administration of first doses and second doses. “Mangyaring maghintay sa mga susunod na anunsyo mula sa pamahalaang lokal ukol sa bagong schedule (Please wait for the local government’s announcement on the new schedule),” the local government […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to look into the illegal operations of “fixers” who seek payment from people who wish to get vaccinated at an earlier schedule. Eleazar gave the order after Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said two “fixers” were caught asking for fees in exchange for allowing persons to get COVID-19 shots ahead of their schedules in Pasig City’s vaccination program. […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen Filipino seafarers received their first doses of an anti-COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, June 17. According to the Department of Transportation, the ceremonial inoculation was part of the Maritime Industry Authority’s 47th founding anniversary celebration. It was aimed at encouraging Filipino seafarers to get inoculated before their trips, now that they are part of the A4 priority group, and recently, of the A1 category, the DOTr said. Seafarers were initially categorized as […]
PGH director becomes PHL first recipient of COVID-19 vaccine (Eagle News) — The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program officially kicked off on Monday, March 1, with several medical frontliners getting the jabs the government hopes will curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus amid the pandemic. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, the University of the Philippines’-Philippine General Hospital director, officially became the country’s first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine, a day after CoronaVac, the vaccine manufactured by Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that will expedite the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for the country’s vaccination program. Under the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021, a P500-million indemnity fund shall also be set aside for people who will experience adverse effects following inoculation. The law also expedites the administration of the vaccines, which were supposed to be rolled out this month. It was signed two days before the expected […]
(Eagle News) — Over nine million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility are expected to arrive in the Philippines by April this year. The Department of Health said in a statement the 9.2 million vaccine doses are part of the 44 million vaccine doses allocated under the facility that aims to ensure all countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines. World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said in the statement “the […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the unauthorized inoculations with COVID-19 vaccines. Guevarra said he ordered NBI officer-in-charge Eric Distor to conduct the investigation. Guevarra’s instruction came after President Rodrigo Duterte revealed some soldiers had been vaccinated against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the use of any COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The Presidential Security Group later admitted the […]
