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MALACAÑANG reacted on Wednesday to Bloomberg’s latest Covid Resilience Ranking, saying it showed “little consideration” for local data when Bloomberg again placed the Philippines at the bottom of the list. Acting Presidential Spokesman Karlo B. Nograles took exception to the fact that the ranking gave much emphasis to general criteria such as severity, flight capacity, and vaccinated travel routes. “There is little…

Over 40,000 adolescents receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Vax makers apply for EUA amendment to include booster shots in PH

(File photo) MANILA - Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Friday dismissed reports that some employers are imposing the "no jab, no pay" policy. Reports continue to circulate that some business establishments withheld salaries of their unvaccinated employees. "At this point. employers are not implementing anything like that, no jab, no pay. We have checked and there's nobody doing that. I don't know where they are getting tha...

(File photo) MANILA - National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. defended the country's pandemic response efforts following the release of the latest Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index where the Philippines ranked last among 121 countries. "While we understand the main intention of these financial and business magazines in pushing economic recovery globally, we have to put into consideration the varying pandemic experiences of each c...

The Philippines has received at least P1.9 billion worth of donations from the US government to boost the country’s Covid-19 response. National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said a part of the donation is intended to boost the country’s cold-storage facilities for Covid-19 vaccines. “The US…

(Anadolu) MANILA - The pilot pediatric vaccination in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be done through phases. Citing the approved guidelines for the pediatric age-group vaccination eyed to begin on October 15, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday said the inoculation of 15 to 17 years old will be done first, followed by the 12 to 14 years group. Parental or guardian consent is needed before a minor can receive a shot while the vaccination will be piloted in s...

VAX SHIPMENT. An airport towing tractor pulls four baggage trailers loaded with boxes of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Friday (Oct. 1, 2021). The shipment of 883,350 doses will ramp up the country's inoculation drive.(PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The continuing delivery of Covid-19 jabs resulted in a steady pace of the vaccination program nationwide. Based on the National Covid-19 Vaccination dashboard as of Saturday, the Ph...

The government is optimistic Metro Manila mayors can fully inoculate half of the target population by the end of the month given the current vaccination rate in the capital.

(Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccines were safely flown in temperature-controlled containers aboard CEB’s chartered A330 flight 5J671. It arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City at 7:35 a.m. This was the fourth shipment of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs to be picked up by CEB in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH). (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) “We remain optimistic that the continuous...