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President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act) on March 11, 2021. The $1.9 trillion economic recovery package revised the Paycheck Protection Program...

Posted: Thu 29th Apr 2021 Health board calls on employers to be “sympathetic to requests” for staff to take time off to be vaccinated Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is calling on “employers across the region to be sympathetic to requests for their staff to take time off to attend vaccination appointments”. So far around 70% of adults in North Wales have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine – with the health board stating that it “remains on course to offe...

Menu   Latest Covid-19 vaccine update from BCUHB: Progress, appeal to employees and variation in vaccination rates between local authority areas A resident receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire. ABOUT 70 per cent of adults in North Wales have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) say they remain on course to offer vaccination to the remaining adult popula...

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go recognized the sacrifices and selfless service of healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic during the launch of the country’s 103rd Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital (CPH) in Carcar City, Cebu on Tuesday, April 27. The CPH is the

A resident receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire. ABOUT 70 per cent of adults in North Wales have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) say they remain on course to offer vaccination to the remaining adult population "well before" the Welsh Government’s end of July milestone. Gill Harris, executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, said: "We are continuing to wor...

Thousands of workers to get jab on Labor Day Keith Calayag THE Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved on Wednesday the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE) request to vaccinate thousands of workers in a symbolic rite on Labor Day. “The IATF on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, approved the request of the DoLE for 5,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be used during the symbolic inocu lation ceremony of minimum-wage workers a...

A resident receives an injection of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Picture: Nick Potts/PA Wire. ABOUT 70 per cent of adults in North Wales have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) say they remain on course to offer vaccination to the remaining adult population "well before" the Welsh Government’s end of July milestone. Gill Harris, executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, said: "We are continuing to wor...

(Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green light by the government pandemic task force, according to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque. “The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, approved the request of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for 5,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be used during the symbolic inoculation ceremony of mi...

Published April 23, 2021, 1:47 PM Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Friday, April 23, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to finalize the detailed guidelines to be followed by those who are listed in the A4 category of the COVID-19 vaccine priority list. “We know that the IATF has already approved the framework of A4 category in our priority list and what sectors are included. However, I am calling on them to clarify fur...

Published April 23, 2021, 10:41 AM Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III received his first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on Friday, April 23. Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo administered the China’s Sinovac vaccine to Duque at the DOH Gymnasium, according to the livestream of state-run People’s Television Network (PTV-4). Following his inoculation, Duque underscored that vaccines are safe and effective. “As I receive my dose of the COVID-19 vaccin...