MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250 million loan to help the Philippine government secure additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine supply to boost the health security of Filipinos and ensure a safe and steady economic recovery.
The National Capital Region (NCR) remains under “very low risk” case classification for COVID-19 with just 91 new daily COVID-19 cases from Dec. 6 to 12.
Data from OCTA Research Group showed...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 11 reported on Sunday (Dec. 12) night eight new cases of COVID-19, with 27 more recoveries bringing down the region’s active cases to 754.
The Department of Health (DOH) denied the “dropping the ball again” remarks made by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. regarding the government’s ongoing emergency procurement of an additional 50 million microsyringes for COVID-19 vaccines in an interview on Monday (Dec.13).
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 said on Sunday (Dec. 12) they are continuously ensuring enough supplies of syringes, both the 0.3ml syringes (microsyringes) that are compatible with the Pfizer vaccine and 0.5ml auto-disable (AD) syringes for all other brands.
