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(File photo) MANILA - About 99.93 percent of persons vaccinated against Covid-19 did not experience adverse events following immunization (AEFIs), a health official said Tuesday. In an online media forum, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said only 0.07 percent out of the 146 million jabs administered were reported to have mild AEFIs. The top five vaccine reactions included pain on the injection site, headache or dizziness, rashes, body pain and temporary increase in heartbeat. "Ang mga ito ay agaran rin namang nawala kaya ano pa ba ang inaantay natin, magpabakuna na po tayo sa...

MANILA - The country's daily average of Covid-19 cases went down to 160 from May 9 to 15, or 0.30 percent lower than the previous week, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. Cases averaged 161 per day from May 2 to 6. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said there are 1,118 new Covid-19 cases and 16 verified deaths in the recent week. For the same period, 14 cases were added to the tally of severe and critical infections, now down to 588 from last week's 611. Only 15.6 percent or 438 out of the 2,812 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use, while 17.5 percent or 4,141 out ...