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(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The government and health authorities are not promotingscare tactics to further improve the country's Covid-19 vaccination program, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday. In a virtual media forum, Galvez clarified that the government's massive vaccination campaign only aims to push a higher level of vigilance among the public. "We are not yet over [with this pandemic]. We are not yet ensured that resurgence of cases will not happen again," Galvez said, emphasizing that...

(File photo) MANILA - The Philippines is now considered "low" risk under the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (US CDC) new system for travel risk assessment, based on declining Covid-19 cases. As of April 18, the US CDC data showed that in Southeast Asia, only the Philippines and Myanmar are under "Level 1: Covid-19 Low". For a destination to be placed under this level, it must have 49 or fewer new cases per 100,000 residents over the past 28 days. The US CDC system has placed nations into these categories: Level 3: High risk for Covid-19 Lev...

MORE JABS. Officials led by National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (3rd from left) receive the donation of 75,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on April 13, 2022. Fifty thousand doses were from the Qatar government and 25,000 were from the manufacturer itself. (Photo courtesy of NTF) MANILA - The Philippines has administered 144,781,087 doses of coronavirus vaccines, with 66,979,873 Filipinos already with the full primary series. Of the total, only 12,687,684 have booster shots as of Tuesday. The latest data of the N...

(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Philippines has already administered a total of 143,036,759 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, with 66,230,305 adult Filipinos or 73 percent of the country's target coverage for population protection now fully vaccinated. The latest data from the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid showed that of the total fully vaccinated, only 12,208,931 eligible individuals, or only 17 percent of the target population have availed of the booster shots or additional protection. On the other hand, some 5,210,319 vaccinees still waiting for their second d...