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Published March 17, 2021, 6:42 PM The national government cautioned the public Wednesday, March 17, against patronizing anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are allegedly being sold by some organizations and individuals, including a group of Filipino-Chinese businessmen. In a joint statement released by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, Department of Health (DOH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they stressed that there remains no COVID-19 vaccine brand which ...

Sen. Sonny Angara (Alexis Nueva España/Senate PRIB) Speaking at the webinar “Leadership during Crisis: Ensuring a Resilient Economy through Public and Private Collaboration” organized by the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government, Angara expressed belief that public and private partnership is key to accelerating the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program. This way, the senator said the government can soon jumpstart the country’s ailing economy and create more job opportuniti...

'TOL VIEWS Last week, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11525, the “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021,” which formally launched the country’s national immunization campaign against the dreaded 2019 novel coronavirus disease.To spare Filipinos from additional burden,

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte The new law, also known as “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021,” included a provision on licensed pharmacists and midwives as “vaccinators.”  These health professionals must be trained by the Department of Health (DOH) for the government’s COVID-19 immunization drive. The government earlier disclosed plan to vaccinate up to 70 million people this year in a bid to reach herd immunity against the new coronavirus disease. “Notwithstanding the prov...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte signed the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 into law on Friday, giving vaccine makers indemnity if their COVID-19 vaccines cause adverse side effects. Alt...

The Philippine government could no longer yield to any further demands that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers would make following the passage of a law on establishing the indemnity fund.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says the Philippine governments signing of a side letter could allow Pfizer to push through with its supply delivery should negotiations with the American vaccine maker on indemnification fail to work out.

Senator Joel Villanueva said there should be no more excuse for delaying the purchase of coronavirus vaccines now that President Duterte has signed the "COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act".

BETTER DAYS According to February 24 Bloomberg data, some 213 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have already been administered in 95 countries. And with an average inoculation rate of 6.1 million a day, it was estimated that it will take 5.1 years before global herd immunity — where at least 75 perc

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Saturday thanked President Duterte for swiftly signing into law yesterday the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Act.