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(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Nogales made the statement after the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, which he co-chairs, updated the Priority Group A4 of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan to include more workers from different industries including the media, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and transportation. In a radio interview on Sunday morning, Nograles said they were waiting for LGUs to submit the master list of the ...

April 17, 2021 THE number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Cebu City has gone down in the last two weeks. According to City Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the decrease of Covid-19 cases during this period was the reason fewer recoveries were recorded in the last three days. Based on the data of the Department of Health (DOH) 7, the city logged only 17 recoveries in the last three days, or 12 on Ap...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published April 16, 2021 8:41am Updated April 16, 2021 9:14am The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases approved on Thursday the list of sectors included in the Priority Group A4 of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Friday. According to Roque, the list includes people in the sectors and industries of transportation, market, manufacturing, government services, hotels, educat...

Over 500,000 coronavirus vaccines now administered across North Wales 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine have now been administered across North Wales. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has now offered first dose vaccines to everyone over the age of 50 in the region. Figures released yesterday show that since the start of the vaccine rollout in December 2020 501,654 (first and second doses of the vaccine combined) have been administered. The total number of second doses of the vaccin...

SunStar (Contributed via Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo) + April 16, 2021 THE Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved Priority Group A4 of the national deployment and vaccination plan to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In a resolution approved on Thursday, April 15, 2021, the frontline workers in the following sectors are included in Group A4, in order: Commuter transport (land, air, and sea), including lo...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, held at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, the third vaccine to be approved for use in the UK. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire BY THE end of the week, more than half a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will have been administered across North Wales. In their latest vaccine update, on April 13, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) thanked everyone involved in the programme for their hard work as they reached such a "significant achievement"...

PEOPLE over 16 in households of adults with a weakened immune system are to be prioritised for Covid-19 jabs in Wales. Adults who are immunosuppressed have a weaker immune system to fight infections naturally and are more likely to have poorer outcomes after contracting coronavirus. This includes those with blood cancer, HIV or those who are having immunosuppressive treatment. Arrangements are being made to invite people aged over 16 who live with these individuals for vaccination, the ...

SunStar File April 12, 2021 THE number of individuals who have received a dose of a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine in the Philippines has breached one million, Malacañang announced Monday, April 12, 2021. As of April 11, or 42 days since the vaccination campaign began in the country, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said a total of 1,007,356 individuals have received the first dose. They comprise 0.93 percent of the Philippines’ 108 million population and 1...

MANILA, April 12 --  The Philippines has reached the one million mark in terms of total COVID-19 vaccines administered, according to Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr in his press briefing today, April 12, 2021. The Palace official said that 1,007,356 were first dose and 132,228 were second dose. Among Priority Group A1 or the medical frontliners, 848,986 already received their first dose, while 116,183 had their second dose, said Secretary Roque. “Sa ASEAN makikita ninyo po...

April 12, 2021 ONLY 32 out of the 134,160 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines received in Central Visayas were wasted, the Department of Health regional office (DOH 7) said. DOH 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche said they will make sure that no more vaccines would go to waste. “We are looking forward to minimizing wastage. We are very much careful in handling the vaccines,” she said. She said 24 AstraZeneca doses were spoiled because the vials had been open...