VAX TO THE MAX. Adults and teenagers queue up for Covid-19 vaccination at the multipurpose area of Barangay Kaligayahan in Novaliches, Quezon City on the last day of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" vaccination drive on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). The government targets to administer 9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses during the three-day vaccination drive that began on November 29. (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) MANILA - The country's national massive inoculation drive dubbed "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" will continue for two more days, the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 announced Thursday. In an advisory, the NTF said various local government units (LGUs) have requested the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC) to extend the three-day Covid-19 vaccination drive as a "large" number of individuals are still flocking at the vaccination sites to get coronavirus vaccine. With this, the NTF allowed the LGUs to voluntarily extend their respective "Bayan
(Anadolu photo) MANILA - The syringes for the Pfizer coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine procured by the government through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will be arriving in tranches starting Thursday, according to the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC) and Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje on Wednesday. In a Laging Handa briefing, Cabotaje said this is part of the 44 million syringes that were ordered three months ago. The scarcity of Pfizer syringes has earlier pushed the government to reduce its jab target from 15 million doses to 9 million doses for the three-day "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" national Covid-19 vaccination drive from Monday to Wednesday. Cabotaje said these syringes are supposed deliveries of an initial tranche of 2 million on November 22 and another 2 million on November 29 which did not arrive due to the global shortage of ancillary supplies. However, Cabotaje clarified the Philippines has only a scarcity
WALK-IN VACCINATION. Health workers administer the Covid-19 vaccine to teenagers aged 12 to 17 years old during the last day of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" vaccination drive at The Tent, DIHS (former DNHS Main High School), Barangay Burol 1, City of Dasmarinas, Cavite on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). At least 1,500 minors walk-in recipients were inoculated with their first dose of Pfizer jabs. (PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The Philippines has so far recorded 5,000,353 doses of coronavirus vaccines administered since the start of the nationwide "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" vaccination drive on Monday. Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, also chairs the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC), is still hopeful that the government will reach its 9 million doses target during the three-day national vaccination drive. "But just in case we will be unable to reach it, this record is already high of our accomplishments," she said during the Lagi
The Muntinlupa City government vaccinated nearly 8,300 people on the second day of the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National COVID-19 Vaccination campaign on Nov. 30. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, a total of 8,265 individuals were vaccinated on Nov. 30, consisting of 5,855 adults from A
The Navotas City government has started the COVID-19 booster shots rollout for individuals under the A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (persons with comorbidities) categories on Monday, Nov.29. “We need to expedite the rollout of boosters to our most vulnerable sectors, especially now that we are faced