The private sector can loan to the national government unused coronavirus vaccines that are expiring to avoid wastage of the life-saving shots, a health official said Monday.
MANILA – Barely two weeks since the pilot rollout of pediatric vaccination, a total of 9,928 children aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities have received their shots against the coronavirus, a health official said Monday (Oct. 25).
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) is awaiting the complete recommendation of an advisory committee before COVID-19 booster shots are offered to the vulnerable population, a health official said Monday, Oct. 25.
The delivery of three million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday night (Oct. 24) moved the country closer to its goal of 100 million doses by the end of the month.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ramped up the vaccination of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as 61.5% or a total of 75,970 of the 123,499 PDLs in jail facilities run by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) have already received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines, while 33% or 40,875 have received their second dose or are fully vaccinated.
All tourism workers and eligible residents of Boracay will be fully vaccinated in one month, and this means that as early as November, fully vaccinated individuals may visit the island without having to undergo COVID-19 testing.
