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PH receives over 813,000 more Pfizer vaccine doses vs COVID-19

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Updated as of Aug 11 11:07 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Philippines on Wednesday accepted the delivery of 813,150 more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the government. Read more »

Duque backs COVID-19 vaccination for minors

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Posted at Aug 09 10:15 PM

The Philippine pandemic task force is considering the inclusion of children in the country's COVID-19 vaccination program. Read more »

Some 11M Filipinos fully vaccinated vs COVID-19: gov't

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Posted at Aug 09 12:17 PM

A total of 11,391,969 Filipinos have gotten the "complete protection" of COVID-19 vaccines, government said Monday. Read more »

PH receives over 326,000 more Moderna doses

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Posted at Aug 08 05:07 PM

MANILA - The Philippines on Sunday accepted the delivery of 326,400 more COVID-19 vaccine doses from Moderna. Read more »

PH to allocate 4 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to NCR — NTF

Job Manahan and Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 01:33 PM

Local chief executives in the capital region, home to 13 million residents, earlier requested for an additional 4 million virus jabs should the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) be imposed.    Read more »

DOH tells public not to share unverified new quarantine classifications

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Posted at Jul 28 10:31 PM

The Department of Health on Wednesday warned against the circulation of unverified information regarding the new quarantine classifications that will be implemented in the country. Read more »

Over 5.5 million Filipinos fully immunized vs COVID-19— task force

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Posted at Jul 24 11:48 AM

Over 5.5 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with total doses administered topping 16.4 million, a government task force said on Saturday.    Read more »

PH posts highest daily COVID-19 jab rate at 375,059

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Posted at Jul 14 11:05 PM

MANILA - The Philippines administered a record-high 375,059 COVID-19 jabs on July 13, the highest daily rate since the rollout of the country's national vaccination program last March. Read more »

Galvez warns vs illegal selling of COVID-19 vaccines

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Posted at Jul 03 04:37 AM

MANILA — Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday warned against the illegal selling of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Read more »

Philippines administers 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines; 2.5 million fully protected

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 12:19 PM

The Philippines has administered more than 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to its population nearly four months since its inoculation program began, government said Monday. Read more »

Galvez disputes projections over COVID-19 herd immunity

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Posted at Jun 25 11:33 PM

The chief of the Philippines national COVID task force disputes projections by a think-tank that the country will be among the last in Asia to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19.  Read more »

Cebu to follow COVID-19 task force's quarantine rule for returning Filipinos

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Posted at Jun 22 10:23 PM

The Philippine province of Cebu dropped its opposition to the national government's quarantine protocols. Read more »

NTF COVID-19 welcomes call for transparency on vaccine funds utilization

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 08:59 PM

MANILA - The National Task Force against COVID-19 welcomes the call of some senators to look into the utilization of the P82.5-billion budget for the country's vaccination program, an official said Monday. Read more »

Philippines to begin COVID-19 vaccination of 30 million essential workers next month

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 08:24 AM

Some 30 million Filipino essential workers are included under the A4 category set to be vaccinated beginning next month, officials said Monday. Read more »

'Enthusiastic' elderlies troop to Parañaque mall as city begins Pfizer vaccination: official

Gillan Ropero and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 04:40 PM

Hundreds of elderly Filipinos trooped to a Parañaque City mall on Monday as the local government began its inoculation with Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, alarming officials "over the obvious lack of social distancing." Read more »

Galvez says at least 600 more ICU beds needed in NCR amid COVID-19 surge

Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 11:23 PM

National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday said the Philippine government is currently expanding the healthcare facilities in the National Capital Region as coronavirus cases continue to increase. Read more »

Guevarra says gov't to discuss Catholic Church request to hold mass during Holy Week

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Posted at Mar 24 10:14 PM

The Philippine government's COVID-19 task force will tackle on Thursday a request by the Catholic Church to allow the celebration of mass during Holy Week. Read more »

LGUs, private sector should only buy COVID-19 vaccines under tripartite agreement with nat'l gov't: Galvez

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Updated as of Mar 23 10:58 AM

MANILA - The Philippines' vaccine czar on Monday said local government units and the private sector should only purchase COVID-19 vaccines through under a tripartite agreement with the national government. Read more »

PH to bar entry of foreigners, non-OFWs starting March 20

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Updated as of Mar 17 07:01 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Philippine government will temporarily close its borders to foreigners and returning Filipinos who are not overseas workers starting March 20 amid an increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the country. Read more »

Philippines to buy 161 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by yearend: Galvez

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 12:06 AM

MANILA - The Philippines will receive at least 161 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses by yearend, a government official said Monday, hours after the country began its immunization program against the deadly disease.   Read more »