MANILA – Public and private sector employees who will be vaccinated during the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National COVID-19 Vaccination Days will be exempted from work, according to a new proclamation signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (Nov. 24).
National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 medical adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa on Wednesday (Nov. 24) said some experts have suggested the vaccination of minors aged 11 years old and below.
The South Korean government is augmenting its pandemic assistance to the Philippines with the upcoming donation of 539,430 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine this month.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has recommended to President Rodrigo Duterte to declare the national COVID-19 vaccination drive on Nov. 29 and Dec. 1...
MANILA – The government is planning to administer booster shots against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to about nine million individuals in priority sectors before the end of the year, an official of the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 said on Tuesday (Nov. 23).
MANILA – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) reported Tuesday (Nov. 23) that more than 35,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), or more than 72.2% of the country's inmate population in its penal farms and prison facilities, have received the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.
