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SunStar Inclusion of governors, mayors in Priority A1 vax list approved. (FIle photo) + May 18, 2021 MALACAÑANG has encouraged local chief executives (LCEs) to register for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination, stressing they are now included in the Priority A1 list regardless of their risk classification. In a press briefing Monday, May 17, 2021, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) signed Resolution 115-B with the concurrence of the Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (iNitag). “So mayor and governors, m...

SunStar Cebu City rolls out Pfizer vaccine at UC Senior High School campus EXCLUSIVE. (From left) University of Cebu president Augusto Go, Emergency Operations Center deputy chief implementer Joel Garganera and Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella share a light moment during the opening of Cebu City’s latest vaccination site at the UC Senior High School campus ground floor on J. Alcantara St. in Barangay Sambag 1 Monday, May 17, 2021. The Pfizer vaccine delivered to the City will be administered only at the UC senior high campus. / AMPER CAMPAÑA + May 18, 202...

Philippines Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Report #76, 10 May 2021 Format Situation summary (Highlights of the current report) Please see the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) daily Situation Update for further information. • Out of a total 1,108,8261 confirmed cases reported in the Philippines as of 10 May 2021, 52.4 % are male, with the most affected age group 25-34 years (27.8%). • 43.2% of the total number of cases are from the National Capital Region (NCR), followed by CALABARZON (17.6%), Central Luzon (8.4%), Central Visayas (5.4%), Western Visayas (3.7%). • Out of ...

SunStar + May 16, 2021 THE League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) expressed its gratitude to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for approving its request to reclassify local chief executives (LCEs) as Priority Group A1: Workers in Frontline Health Services, specifically under Priority Group A1.5 in the ongoing National Vaccination Program. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, LCP national president, said in a statement that such a move recognizes the important roles of LCEs in the success of the country’s vaccinatio...

May 14, 2021 THE Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among senior citizens (Group A2 in the vaccination prioritization) in Central Visayas has improved, the Department of Health (DOH) 7 reported. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, said as of Thursday, May 13, a total of 606,444 senior citizens in the region had already registered for the Covid-19 vaccination program. This is about 30,000 more than the number of registered senior citizens on April 20, which was only 572,626, said Loreche in a press briefer on Friday, May 14. Majority of the individuals who registered for vaccinati...