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A Quezon City councilor is calling on authorities to use unspent COVID – 19 funds for hiring more vaccinators. This will boost the number of personnel delivering the jabs and keep their performances at par with safety standards, according to District 5 councilor Karl Castelo. “Our frontliners don’t need more stress. What they need is […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) accommodated the request of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to get their players, coaches, and staffers vaccinated. Basketball players are classified as economic frontliners and are included in the A4 category of the country’s vaccination priority list, said MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos. “The PBA is one of the industries […]
San Juan City has vaccinated 86.6 percent of its target population against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The figure represents 73,987 out of the city’s 85,400 aim. The remaining 11,413 make up 13 percent of all eligible vaccinees. In achieving its goal, health officials make sure they do not mishandle the jabs. “Dito po sa San […]
The city government of Vigan has opened more vaccination hotlines where residents can pre register to avoid long queues for vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a public advisory posted on its official Facebook page, the city government said all individuals who belong to A1, A2, and A3 categories who have not yet preregistered […]
Scores of business establishments in Quezon City are offering discounts to vaccinated customers to encourage people to get themselves inoculated against Covid-19. In the Ever Gotesco-Commonwealth Avenue area in the city’s second district, food and service shops have launched Bakuna-Diskwento in partnership with Councilor Winnie Castelo and his wife Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo. Councilor Castelo said […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged the public to get vaccinated as health experts say it is highly effective against the new COVID-19 variant of concern. In the Philippines, more than 10 million are already vaccinated, with 2.5 million already with complete doses. “The new version of the Delta coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in […]
Senator Cynthia Villar and daughter Las Piñas Representative Camille Villar served as among the hosts in the nationwide vaccination of Filipino seafarers who were hardest hit by the pandemic. The inoculation of around 1,086 seafarers was conducted at the family-owned The Tent South Global City in Las Piñas. Through the Office of Sen. Villar, The […]
The government needs to obligate the P173 billion for Bayanihan 2 before the end of the law’s effectivity on June 30 to ramp up COVID vaccination and eventually recover from the lockdown-caused economic slump, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Noting the spikes in COVID cases in the provinces, Pangilinan also said the government needs a lot […]
Senator Joel Villanueva underscored the importance of vaccinating Filipino seafarers, saying the inoculation would allow them to return on ships onboard and resume their livelihood severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Villanueva joined officials at the vaccination kickoff, led by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, NTF deputy chief implementer Vince Dizon, […]
Recognizing that many workers in the city cannot take off work or don’t have time to visit a vaccination site during the day, the Quezon City government has launched a vaccination program that opens at 6 p.m. or after working hours. Dubbed as ‘QC Bakuna Nights’, the program aims to expand the reach of the […]