At least three million of the Philippines' elderly have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday.
(File photo) MANILA - On World Polio Day, the Department of Health (DOH), the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and Rotary International urge all parents to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases, especially polio. In June 2021, the Philippines announced the end of polio outbreak in the country following 18 months of outbreak response which vaccinated over 11 million children, many of whom received polio drops during the Covid-19 pandemic. Polio is a highly infectious, crippling, and sometimes fatal disease that can be avoided with a vaccine. Children under the age of 5 are most vulnerable to contracting polio. In the Philippines, children under 1 year old receive their primary doses of the polio vaccines during routine immunization three doses of polio drops and one dose of inactivated polio vaccine. However, in 2020, nearly half a million Filipino children missed out on oral polio drops for routine im
Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020. (File photo MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) has urged parents to have their children vaccinated against preventable diseases, particularly polio. “While w
TO ensure there will never be an outbreak again, the Department of Health, the World Health Organization UNICEF and Rotary International urged all parents to have their children vaccinated against preventable diseases, especially polio. “While we have successfully eradicated polio, we have to ensure that there will never be an…
Analytics and life science data firm Airfinity finds that in six highly-vaccinated countries, 'a small change in vaccine coverage for those aged over 65 can have a significant impact on hospitalization'