The fourth “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National Vaccination Days (NVD) Against Covid-19 officially kicked off on Thursday, March 10, with the national government prioritizing the administration of booster shots to eligible sectors.
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo from NTF Against COVID-19) T
COVID-19 PROTECTION. Dennis Toledo poses with his two sons, aged 10 and 11 after they were inoculated during the launch of pediatric vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years old in Iligan City on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Posing with them is the doctor who gave the vaccine jab to the boys. (PNA photo by Divina M. Suson) ILIGAN CITY - The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination rollout for pediatric categories here was launched on Wednesday at the Adventist Medical Center Iligan (AMCI) in Barangay Tibanga. Ed Krishna Alivio, the city health office (CHO) education and promotion officer, said they target to inoculate 57,480 children aged 5 to 11 years old. The children will be vaccinated for their first dose in three months as per advice by the Department of Health (DOH). "We target to inoculate 1,300 kids daily to reach the 60 percent of the total number of children we target to be vaccinated in one month from the start of the roll-out. That is the advice we got from the
COVID JABS. The provincial government of Negros Oriental is preparing for the 3rd "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" mass vaccination drive on Feb. 10-11, 2022. Assistant Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Liland Estacion, said the province has fully vaccinated 48.57 percent of its total target population against Covid-19. (Photo from the Negros Oriental Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The province of Negros Oriental is gearing up for the third run of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" National Vaccination Days on Thursday and Friday with plenty of vaccines available, a key health official here said on Wednesday. Assistant Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Liland Estacion, told the Philippine News Agency that local government units (LGUs), the provincial mobile vaccination team, and other vaccination sites are already prepared for the mass vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "We have plenty of vaccines available and we are appealing to the people to come and avai
Around 7,000 children age five to 11 years old received their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during the launching of the pediatric vaccination for the said age group on Monday, Feb. 7.
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.,