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Almost 98% of Makati Med personnel vaccinated against COVID-19

By Jessica Asprer With close to 98 percent of Makati Medical Center’s personnel already vaccinated against COVID-19, medical director Dr. Saturnino Javier reported an improvement...

Australia boosts PH war on Covid

The Australian government has committed to provide additional P480.2 million to help the Philippines procure COVID-19 vaccines. Australian Ambassador to Manila Steven Robinson said Thursday...

Niger launches push to overcome vaccine reluctance

Niger on Tuesday launched a week-long drive to expand its coronavirus vaccination programme after early efforts to inoculate the population met widespread reluctance. Health Minister...

AstraZeneca hits snag in COVID-19 cure development

London—COVID-19 vaccine-maker AstraZeneca on Tuesday revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for the coronavirus. The drug, made from a combination...

Vax rollout way off target

Only about 2 million people out of the Philippines' 109.48 million population have been fully inoculated against COVID-19, almost three months after the national...

Malabon vaccination sites now accept walk-in senior citizens

Five vaccination sites in Malabon are now accepting walk-in senior citizens Aside from Malabon Elementary School, Potrero Elementary School, Ninoy Aquino Elementary School and Epifanio...

LGUs get lion’s share of jabs from AstraZeneca via COVAX

Local government units have received the lion’s share of AstraZeneca vaccines against the coronavirus, as the United Nations pledged more to come under the...

Crossing the line

"What were they thinking?"   We are appalled to hear reports that some unscrupulous individuals have been trying to make money selling vaccination slots. One resident of...

Vaccine rollout ills

"Herd immunity is a distant goal."   The vaccine rollout of the government seeks to achieve herd immunity by year-end. Unfortunately it seems this is unattainable....

First jab

A resident of Las Piñas gets inoculated with the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 at a mall in Las Pinas City...

PH gets 2 million AstraZeneca doses

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Denmark bars J&J vaccine from COVID vaccination programme

Denmark said Monday it will bar the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from its COVID inoculation drive over worries about blood clots, following a similar...

Dreaming of immunity

Filipinos can only look on with envy at Israel, which is close to reaching herd immunity against COVID-19—if it hasn’t already. Herd immunity occurs...

Foreign aid arrives in COVID-hit India

New Delhi -- The first emergency medical supplies trickled into COVID-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic...
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