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Duterte: “If there is an excess of supply sa inyo, pakitulong naman dito sa bayan ko” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the United States government for more vaccines against COVID-19 to be given to the Philippines if they have excess supplies. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday, Aug. 16, Duterte said that he understood that the COVID-19 situation is worsening everywhere especially with the increased transmission of the very […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_gg9VQ2-KM (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje explains concerns about the vaccines in the Philippines amid the increasing transmission of the Delta variant in the country. Cabotaje said that herd protection in the country could be achieved by late this year or early this year since this would be dependent on the vaccine supplies being delivered to the country. As of Aug. 15, about 16 percent of the target population had […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has so far administered 27.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in its vaccination drive, with over 12.4 million individuals already fully vaccinated. According to the National Task Force against COVID-19, the government has administered a total of 27,552,770 COVID-19 vaccine doses. “Of this figure, 15,092,332 Filipinos have received their first dose, while 12,460,438 individuals are now fully vaccinated,” it said in a post on Sunday, Aug. 15. Because of this, […]
(Eagle News) – About 470,000 doses of the American-made Moderna vaccines arrived in the country on Sunday, Aug. 15, bringing to almost 4.3 million the total Moderna doses for the Philippine vaccination drive. The Singapore Airlines flight carrying 469,200 Moderna doses arrived at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday. “Of these doses, 319,200 doses were procured by the Philippine government, while 150,000 were purchased by the private sector led by […]
(Eagle News) – In view of the Delta variant transmission in the country, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has temporarily suspended the shortened quarantine protocol in the Philippines for fully vaccinated persons who are identified as close contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases. Because of this, fully vaccinated close contacts would also be placed under a 14-day quarantine period, the same as other close contacts. “The decision to temporarily suspend said protocol is part […]
(Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser of the National Task Force against COVID-19, explains the projections of COVID-19 cases under an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. Dr. Herbosa explains that the effects of the community quarantine restrictions would still be felt in the following weeks. He said that the three weeks of restrictions – including the General Community Quarantine with heightened and additional restrictions and the two weeks […]
22.5 million Filipinos already given jabs, with 10.2 million fully vaccinated (Eagle News) – The country has set a new high record of COVID-19 vaccines administered in a day at 710,482 on Thursday, Aug. 5. This surpassed the 702,013 jabs in one day recorded on Aug. 3 that was the previous record high for daily jabs. “710,482. This was the number of jabs administered last August 5, 2021, a new record high in our […]
Roque says PHL gov’t to take advantage of ECQ in NCR to vaccinate more people (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the allocation of four million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to be given to Metro Manila this two-week Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period which starts on Friday, Aug. 6. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government would take advantage of the ECQ to vaccinate more people in the National Capital […]
Achievement on Aug. 3 of highest no. of jabs administered in a day surpassed even average daily doses in US, says Dizon (Eagle News) – At least 10 million Filipinos have already been fully vaccinated, while close to 22 million have already received COVID-19 doses, the Philippine government said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this important milestone was reached with the cooperation of the private sector and the local government units with the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the arrival Tuesday, Aug. 3, of more than three million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States, which he said would be used to vaccinate the poor. Speaking during the arrival of the vaccine at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, President Duterte expressed his gratitude to the United States and the COVAX facility for the latest vaccine shipment. “I wish to thank the United States for […]
(Eagle News) – The country has vaccinated more than 20 million individuals, over nine million of whom have been fully vaccinated. As of Aug, 1, the total doses administered to Filipinos reached 20,863,554. Of this number, 11,747,581 had already received the first dose, while 9,115,963 have received full vaccination. The numbers of those vaccinated are expected to have already breached the 21 million mark by this time if the average daily doses administered is […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Britain warned the United Nations Security Council Thursday that half of coup-wracked Myanmar’s population of 54 million could become infected with Covid-19 within the next two weeks. The UK convened the meeting in response to what it called the “dire” coronavirus situation in Myanmar, which has “spiralled” since the military seized control in February. Britain urged the Council to ensure resolution 2565, which demands ceasefires in conflict zones to allow […]
