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DOH: Low number of vaccinated senior citizens due to ‘fake news’

The Department of Health (DOH) said “fake news” about COVID-19 vaccines is one of the reasons for the low number of inoculated senior citizens. National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) member Dr....

Galvez: Government is not blocking private sector’s vaccine supply

National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. denied  reports circulating online that the government is blocking the vaccine supply allotted for the private sector. In a statement...

Japan gov’t AstraZeneca donation arriving tonight

A newly donated batch of COVID-19 vaccines consisting of 1,124,100 AstraZeneca doses from the Japanese government is expected to be delivered tonight (July 8). National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer...

NTF: Not advisable to lift COVID-19 restrictions until 50% target population jabbed

National Task Force Against COVID-19 Adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa on Thursday (July 8) said that while the government has administered 12 million doses, this is not enough to lift COVID-19 restrictions.

OCTA: NCR may be “Delta resilient” in a few months

The National Capital Region (NCR) may be Delta variant-resilient in a few months, the OCTA Research Group said on Wednesday (July 7).

Boracay tourism workers get COVID-19 jabs

Boracay began on Wednesday (July 7) the ceremonial COVID-19 vaccination of tourism frontline workers in the island, following the delivery of doses earlier this month. Around 3,000 tourism workers are targeted to...

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