Tag: national vaccination

DOH urges Filipinos to complete Covid jabs, get booster shots during March 10-12 nat’l vaccination days

PHL targets to administer 1.8 million vaccine doses in 4th phase of nat’l vaccination   (Eagle News) – Philippine health officials urged Filipinos who have not yet been vaccinated or who have not yet received their booster shots to go to the various vaccination sites to get their Covid-19 jabs, from March 10 to 12, the fourth phase of the country’s “National Vaccination” campaign. The Philippines is targeting to vaccinate 1.8 million more Filipinos for […]

DOH eyes donating vaccines nearing their expiration dates to other countries with low vaccine supplies

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Health is considering donating some of the Covid-19 vaccines that the Philippine government had received as it studied a decline in vaccination numbers. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that one option they are considering is donating vaccine doses that are nearing their expiration dates. “Yung hindi magagamit at malapit nang magexpire, ang desisyon dyan ay i-donate sa mga bansang mababa ang vaccine coverage,” he said in a […]

Over 450k Pfizer doses arrive in time for 3rd round of nat’l vaccination set on Feb. 10 to 11

Over 218 million vaccine doses delivered in PHL since February last year   (Eagle News) – Over 450,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 arrived on Wednesday night, February 9, in time for the start of the third round of the national vaccination days to be held on Thursday and Friday. The shipment of 455,130 Pfizer doses would boost the February 10 to 11 national vaccination days where about two million vaccine doses for the […]

Amid Omicron variant threat, Palace reminds Filipinos to get COVID shots in nat’l vaccine drive which starts today

“Bayanihan Bakunahan” target revised to 9 million for 3-day campaign; 2nd round set on Dec. 15 to 17   (Eagle News) – Malacanang advised Filipinos nationwide to take advantage of the three-day “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” national vaccination drive which started on Monday, November 29, amid the threat of the highly infectious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Alexei Nograles said that getting fully vaccinated is important to protect against the severe form of Covid-19. At […]

PHL revises target doses of Nov. 29-Dec.1 “Bayanihan Bakunahan” to 9 million, sets 2nd jab drive on Dec. 15-17

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine government is targeting only nine million vaccine doses to be administered in the three-day National Covid-19 vaccination drive set from November 29 to December 1, the National Task Force Against Covid-19 said on Saturday. This was a revision of the original plan of administering 15 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. As this came about, the NTF also announced the holding of another three-day vaccination campaign from December 15 to 17. […]