The BOC cleared the successive importation of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) had cleared the latest successive importation of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. The Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) had cleared the latest importations of COVID-19 vaccines totalling 3,074,410 COVID-19 vaccine doses, which arrived between June … Read more
The Philippines received over 2M additional doses of Pfizer vaccine from COVAX. The Philippines received over two million additional doses of Pfizer vaccine through the World Health Organization-led COVAX Facility. On Thursday night, the Philippines received a total of 2.28 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses through the WHO-led COVAX facility. The vaccines, according to the … Read more
The DOST was open to conducting clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccines on children. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) was open to conducting clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccines on children. On Thursday, the DOST expressed willingness to test COVID-19 vaccines on Filipino children despite the recent decision of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration … Read more
Galvez apologized to LGUs for the delayed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines caused by supply issues. On Wednesday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr apologized to local government units (LGUs) for the delayed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines caused by supply issues. Galvez explained in a statement that the 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that were supposed … Read more
The Philippines will welcome the arrival of 3.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, according to Galvez. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr announced that the Philippines will welcome the arrival of 3.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday. The national government will welcome 3.2 million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines on June … Read more
President Duterte appealed to the public to complete their COVID-19 vaccination. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday had appealed to the public to complete their COVID-19 vaccination. In his weekly address on Monday, President Duterte was calling on those who had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to make the effort to receive the second … Read more
The Philippine government reminded the public that COVID-19 vaccines were not to be sold. The Philippine government had reminded the public that COVID-19 vaccines were not to be sold and were to be distributed free of charge, amidst reports that the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination priority slots were being sold. The National Task Force (NTF) … Read more
President Duterte had called for greater global solidarity amidst the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte had reiterated his call for greater global solidarity amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte said in his speech that solidarity among countries was important because a country was only as strong as its weakest link. According to President … Read more
COVID-19 vaccines were still effective against the Indian COVID-19 variant, according to DOH. On Wednesday, the Department of Health (DOH) said that COVID-19 vaccines were still effective against the Indian COVID-19 variant. The Department of Health allayed fears that the Indian COVID-19 variant will lessen the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to Health Undersecretary … Read more
The Philippines was eyeing to start the COVID-19 vaccination of the general public by August 2021, according to Galvez. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said that the Philippines was eyeing to start the COVID-19 vaccination of the general public by August 2021. In a televised briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte and some … Read more