DOH pushes for hiked inoculation of elderly, Muslims in Bangsamoro
Government needs to ramp up vaccination of the elderly, of which 70 percent are fully vaccinated and 68 percent have ...
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Government eyes company clinics as vax sites to ramp up inoculation drive
Health officials plan to tap the clinics of private companies as additional COVID-19 vaccination sites. At present, the country has ...
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168k kids age 5-11 enlist for jabs, children with health risks as well
The upcoming vaccination against COVID-19 for children aged 5 to 11 years old has 168,355 registrants as of Saturday, the ...
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DOH aims to cut 12 million jab shortage
The government is 12 million short of meeting its target of 54 million Filipinos fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by year's ...
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Vaccine drive for kids below 12 years set next year
The Philippines is planning to expand next year its pediatric COVID-19 vaccination to include children below 12 years old, a ...
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Fire destroys 150k doses of vaccines
Close to 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were destroyed in a fire that engulfed the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health ...
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37k kids with comorbidities vaccinated too
A total of 37,964 minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 have already been inoculated against COVID-19, the National Vaccination ...
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35% of vax targets hit in 8 months
More than 27 million people across the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the government said on Tuesday, eight ...
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Young kids below 12 yrs. to take only 1/3 vax dose
The Department of Health will be studying the vaccination of young children below 12 years old against COVID-19 now that ...
Read moreDentists added as vaccinators for kids, seniors
The government is planning to hire more vaccinators—including dentists—as the country gets ready to inoculate minors aged 12 to 17 ...
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