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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities on Friday pleaded with Covid vaccine holdouts to roll up their sleeves and get their shots, as cases, hospitalizations and deaths surged. “There is a clear message that is coming through: this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky told reporters. The agency reported more than 33,000 new cases on Thursday, bringing the seven-day average up to […]
(Eagle News) – The country has fully vaccinated more than 3.5 million Filipinos as of Monday, July 12, while those given just first doses reaching 9.6 million. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who also chairs the National Vaccination Operations Center, said that more than 13.1 million so far have been administered vaccines against COVID-19. She said that by end of July or in August, the country can administer 200,000 to 300,000 jabs per day. In […]
(Eagle News) – More than three million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated, according to Malacanang. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that 3,089,976 Filipinos have been given the complete two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines as of July 7, 2021, based on data from the National COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard. “Conservative number pa po ito at inaasahan natin na tataas pa ang bilang kapag dumating na ang mga numero mula sa mga lokal […]
DOH still to release list of “green” or low-risk countries, says Roque (Eagle News) – Malacanang has allowed a shorter quarantine period for international travelers who were fully vaccinated in the Philippines, “regardless of their travel history”, and those who were fully vaccinated in countries who stayed exclusively in the so-called “green” countries 14 days prior to their arrival in the Philippines. This decision will be implemented effective July 1, 2021. The quarantine period […]
