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Hospital that admitted first PH local case begins COVID-19 vaccination

Cardinal Santos Medical Center has started its COVID-19 mass inoculation exactly a year after the first case of local transmission was admitted in the facility. Among the recipients of CoronaVac is Dr....

Ospital ng Makati health workers get first shot of COVID-19 vax

The Ospital ng Makati on Friday began vaccinating its frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19. The hospital is expecting to inoculate 300 healthcare workers within the day with an allocation of 300 doses...

Targeted sequencing detect 52 B.1.351 case, 31 B.1.1.7 cases, and 42 cases with mutations of interest

The Department of Health (DOH), the UP-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the UP-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) report the detection of 52 additional B.1.351 variant (South Africa variant) cases, 31 additional...

Philippine Red Cross, government officials remind the public: exercise diligence in COVID-19 testing

Philippine Red Cross Chairman & CEO Sen. Richard Gordon, along with government officials and health experts reminded the public to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in getting tested for COVID-19. This is because 8...

Talks ongoing for prioritization of teachers in vaccine rollout

The Department of Education (DepEd) is preparing for the inoculation of teachers against COVID-19 as vaccine supplies begin to arrive in the Philippines. DepEd Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio on Friday disclosed that...

Medical personnel get COVID-19 jab in Cebu City

Cebu City has started the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday with medical frontliners receiving the first shot of CoronaVac doses in a ceremonial inoculation. Around 50 to 70 individuals are targeted...

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