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Church gatherings of up to 30% capacity allowed Christina Mendez © Migue De Guzman Church gatherings of up to 30% capacity allowed MANILA, Philippines — While the government scrambles to inoculate a greater number of Filipinos against COVID-19, the task force spearheading efforts to curb the disease has allowed places for religious gatherings in Metro Manila to increase the number of people attending by up to 30 percent of the venue capacity. Metro Manila mayors are given the discretion, under Resolution No. 116, whether they will permit the gatherings to go beyond the in...

President Duterte delivers his public address (File Photo: Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement as he noted anew that vaccines should be immediately administered to people to avoid spoilage. In a pre-recorded public address aired on Tuesday, the President reminded vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. that police officers, as well as soldiers, should be put on the priority list. “Sundalo pati pulis, lahat. Pati itong — kung madala ‘yang pamilya nila, okay na, tutal nandiyan na ‘yong mga bakuna (The soldiers and the police, all of them. If we can include their families, then good. A...

Eyebrows raised over inclusion of local execs in vaccine priority list after Pfizer COVID-19 jab arrival 235 '); Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines. Some social media users made these criticisms online after the Palace approved this new adjustment. Under Resolution No. 115-B the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseasesreleased, local executives are now part of the A1.5 priority group of the national government’s COVID-19 vaccine priority list. The Previously, the government sector belongs to the Priority Group B. Then, local officials were clas...

The government has moved local government officials to the A1 priority list of its COVID-19 vaccination program due to their high exposure to the coronavirus, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday. Roque said local officials now belong under the A1 group or the same category of health workers. Specifically, the local officials are now under A1.5. BASAHIN: Mga gobernador at local chief executives (LCEs), inihanay bilang Priority...

May 17, 2021 AFTER previously experiencing logistical delays, Pfizer-BioNTech’s BNT162b2, the third Covid-19 vaccine brand that arrived in Davao Region, has already been inoculated to senior citizens in Davao City on Monday, May 17, 2021. The Department of Health (DOH)-Davao Region led the symbolic vaccination rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC). A total of 29,250 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech arrived on Wednesday afternoon, May 11, along with the 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca and 80 doses of Sinovac. DOH-Davao Director Annabelle Yumang told t...