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Frontline workers under A4 group not yet up for vaccination: DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 02:05 PM

Frontline workers under the A4 priority group still have to wait for prioritization guidelines before they can be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the government, the health department said Friday. Read more »

Gordon: It could take 5 years for PH to hit COVID vaccine target at current pace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 06:09 AM

Gordon, who is also the chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, urged the public to take any vaccine available. Read more »

More than 1.3M Filipinos vaccinated against COVID-19 - DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 03:57 PM

The Philippines has so far inoculated more than 1.3 million Filipinos against the COVID-19 nearly 2 months since the vaccine rollout started, according to government data released Wednesday. Read more »

More than 1.2 million Filipinos vaccinated against COVID-19 so far -- gov’t

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 09:39 PM

The Philippines has so far vaccinated more than 1.2 million Filipinos since it started rolling out its COVID-19 vaccine program in March, according to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday.   Read more »

MMDA says NCR local gov't units can vaccinate 120k daily if jabs available

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 02:31 PM

MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Thursday said that local government units in Metro Manila actually have the capacity to vaccinate up to 120,000 Filipinos per day if there were enough vaccines and everyone is allowed to be inoculated. Read more »

Taguig vaccinates 90% of its health workers against COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 12:24 AM

MANILA — The local government of Taguig announced Thursday that it has vaccinated 90% of its health workers against COVID-19. Read more »

DOH clarifies: PhilHealth ID number not required to register for COVID-19 vaccination

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 07:40 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday clarified that a Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) Identification Number or PIN is not required for those who will receive COVID-19 vaccines.    Read more »

More than 650,000 Filipinos vaccinated against COVID-19 — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 03:14 PM

The Philippines has administered more than 650,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to individuals across the country during the first 27 days of its inoculation drive against the coronavirus, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. Read more »

Gov’t to release protocol on vaccine prioritization for Filipinos with comorbidities

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 01:59 PM

The protocol on the government's COVID-19 vaccine prioritization for people with comorbidities will be released Monday, the Department of Health said.   Read more »

Underdosing risk: DOH warns vs extracting over 10 doses from AstraZeneca COVID vaccine vials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 07:07 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday said that vaccinators should be careful in extracting doses from COVID-19 vaccine vials after Region 10 reportedly got more than the recommended 10 doses from each AstraZeneca vial they it received.   Read more »

DOH: COVID-19 vaccine consumption improved after setting deadline for use

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 11:27 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said it saw an improvement in the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines after it had warned vaccination sites to use up their allocations.   Read more »

DOH says COVID-19 vaccines in Bicol still usable despite faulty thermometer

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 07:05 PM

The Department of Health on Wednesday assured the public that no COVID-19 vaccines were wasted amid a report that a faulty thermometer was used during their transport. Read more »

More than 500k COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in PH so far — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 12:25 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)— More than half a million COVID-19 vaccine doses have already been given to Filipinos during the first 23 days of the country's inoculation drive, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. Read more »

Health facilities told to utilize COVID-19 vaccines by March 24 or else lose the allocation

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 05:50 PM

Vaccination sites must use up all COVID-19 vaccines by March 24 or else lose the allocation, the health department said Monday, in a bid to hasten the immunization of health workers. Read more »

DOH says over 336,000 health workers vaccinated

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 02:25 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Monday said the Philippines has vaccinated more than 300,000 people and has deployed almost all of the COVID-19 vaccines that have arrived in the Philippines.   Read more »

Duterte to prioritize police, military, the poor in gov’t vaccine rollout vs COVID

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 09:43 PM

Duterte has said he was worried that the government would not be able to function properly with infected armed personnel. Read more »

Panibagong pagdinig ng Senado sa COVID-19 vaccination program, ikinasa

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 09:30 PM

Nag-desisyon ngayong Lunes ang Senado na magtakda ng dagdag na pagdinig sa Biyernes kaugnay sa COVID-19 vaccination program ng gobyerno. Read more »