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May 13, 2021 THE Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, May 13, 2021, said it has launched a vaccination campaign for its teaching and non-teaching personnel. In a statement, DepEd said its Vacc2School campaign aims to inform, educate and engage its personnel in promoting the vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The DepEd statement did not state whether the prioritization framework is being followed. Under the government’s prioritization framewor...

Published May 13, 2021, 5:06 PM Recognizing that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will pave the way for safe resumption of face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, May 13, announced the launch of a campaign to support the national vaccination drive of the government. (Photo from DepEd) Dubbed, “Vacc2School: Ligtas na Bakuna, Para sa Balik-Eskwela!” the campaign aims to inform, educate, and engage its teaching, non-teaching personne...

May 12, 2021 A TOTAL of 161,330 Covid-19 vaccines composed of three brands arrived on Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2021. The vaccines were transported to the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, also known as Davao International Airport, around 4 p.m. via commercial flight. Based on the breakdown provided by the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao), through the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the region received a total allocation of 132,000 AstraZeneca vaccines, 8...

SunStar Photo from Davao City Information Office + THE Davao City Government will start its vaccine rollout for senior citizens on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, head of the Davao City Vaccination Cluster, told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that they will be piloting the vaccine rollout with Sinovacs CoronaVac. Selected seniors will be inoculated at SM Lanang Premiere and at Matina Aplaya Elementary School around 10 a.m. A total of 200 seniors will be vaccinated in ...

Posted: Wed 5th May 2021 Health board urges people to come forward for vaccination when invited due to “growing problem” with missed appointments People are being urged to come forward for vaccination when contacted after the North Wales health board reported a “growing problem” with individuals failing to attend appointments. So far 600,068 vaccinations have been administered in North Wales since rollout began in December last year. However in recent weeks there has been what is descr...

Latest vaccine update from BCUHB (Credit: PA Wire) A TOTAL of 600,068 vaccinations have been administered in North Wales. More than 400,000 people in North Wales have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and BCUHB say they continue to make good progress as they look ahead to offering vaccination to all eligible adults before the end of July. Vaccination progress as at May 4: 600,068 total vaccinations have been administered in North Wales First dose vaccines – 409,956 Se...

BusinessWorld May 3, 2021 | 7:53 pm TOURISM Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat gets a body temperature check from a hotel front desk staff during an ocular visit in this Oct. 2020 photo. — DOT PHOTO RELEASE FRONTLINERS in the tourism industry such as hotel reception staff are now part of the cluster of essential workers who are next in line as priority for coronavirus vaccination. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who has been lobbying for the inoculation of the sector...

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In his press briefing this week, Roque said government frontliners are still waiting for their turn in the vaccination program. “Hindi po (It’s not true),” he said. “Hindi pa po totoo iyan. A4 pa rin po ang mga government frontliners (There’s no truth to that yet. Government frontliners are under the Priority Group A4),” he added. The Palace official said that even in his office, they are taking extra precaut...

Latest and hopefully last detailed council pandemic update issued as Wrexham looks towards recovery Wrexham Council have issued what hopefully will be the last detailed pandemic briefing as things locally move from a ‘response’ to a ‘recovery’ from it. The updates first started officially on the 4th of January after we made data public that was being circulated to councillors at the end of December, and have detailed the heights of the pandemic so far locally and subsequent drops in cas...

By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO & JHON ALDRIN CASINAS ON THE JAB COVID-19 vaccination of senior citizens residing in Barangay San Antonio and Barangay Ugong, Pasig at The Medical City (TMC) Ortigas (Photo by Kevin Tristan Espiritu) The Philippines, which started its vaccination in March, has ranked third among Southeast Asian countries in terms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) doses administered, as of April 14,2021. According to the Department of Health (DOH), based on Bloomberg and reports from For...