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Lacson laments slow pace of vaccination rollout in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:42 AM

A Philippine senator expresses frustration over the perceived slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the country. But the health department says the pace of the vaccine rollout is improving over time. Read more »

Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots

Christian Akorlie, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 06:42 AM

Ghana launched its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday with doses from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing program, which delivered shipments to other African countries as its vaccine rollout to developing nations accelerates. Read more »

'Ang tagal naman': Small businesses speak on Duterte forecast of 2023 return to normalcy

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 05:43 PM

Small business owners, eager for the economy and their earnings to return to normal, were confused by President Rodrigo Duterte's forecast that the country would return to normal by 2023. Read more »

Vaccine passport among Filipinos should not be required: senator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 02:34 PM

Vaccine passports should only be issued to those who need it, Senator Franklin Drilon said Monday.   Read more »

Pagdating sa PH ng unang batch ng Pfizer vaccines bahagyang maaantala

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 08:18 PM

Ayon kay vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., inaasahang darating ito sa ikatlo o ikaapat na linggo ng Pebrero.  Read more »

LGUs mahalaga para tumaas ang kumpiyansa sa COVID-19 vaccine: Duque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 07:24 PM

Mahalaga ang papel ng mga lokal na opisyal na itaas ang kumpiyansa ng mga residente sa bakuna kontra COVID-19.  Read more »

DOH: Intensified education campaign needed to address vaccine hesitancy in PH

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 08:21 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health on Wednesday noted town hall meetings have been helping improve the public’s confidence on COVID-19 vaccines, after survey results showed a significant number of Filipinos are still hesitant to be inoculated against the highly infectious respiratory disease. Read more »

DOLE urges prioritization of minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID vaccine drive

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:00 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging the national government to include minimum wage earners among sectors that will be prioritized in the vaccination against COVID-19. Read more »

Mandaluyong starts COVID-19 vaccine info drive

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:29 PM

Abalos explained that there is a need to educate people about the whole vaccination process. Recent surveys have earlier revealed the public’s hesitancy to join the government's vaccination drive.   Read more »

Indonesia to launch vaccination drive as COVID-19 deaths hit record

Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 03:11 AM

JAKARTA - Indonesia starts a mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Wednesday, with President Joko Widodo to receive the first shot of an ambitious drive launched amid record deaths from one of Asia's most stubborn epidemics. Read more »

Vico Sotto vows no politics in Pasig COVID-19 vaccine drive

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 08:10 AM

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday urged the public to trust medical experts' opinion on COVID-19 vaccines as the local government began preparations for its inoculation program.  Read more »

Celebrity vaccinations cause outrage in Poland

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 09:07 PM

Poland, which like much of Europe began its vaccination campaign on December 27, is currently only supposed to be vaccinating medical workers under a government plan. Read more »

Finland to vaccinate healthcare staff first against COVID-19

Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 08:55 PM

Under the agreements the European Commission has secured so far, Finland will get 3.6 million doses, which is enough to give the necessary two doses to 1.8 million citizens out of Finland's 5.5 million population, its public health authority said, adding purchases would continue. Read more »

House mulling mass COVID-19 vaccination for lawmakers, workers

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 06:45 PM

The House of Representatives is looking into the possibility of conducting mass vaccination of its members and workers against COVID-19 once a vaccine becomes available as the chamber has recorded 98 cases of the disease during a recent mass testing. Read more »

Slowing the coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases

Jan Hoffman and Ruth Maclean, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 15 08:45 AM

As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are readily prevented by vaccines.   Read more »

DOH assures enough vaccine supplies in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 12:51 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday said that while they are still working on reaching parents who need to have their children immunized, the country has enough supply of vaccines.   Read more »

Commentary: Beating polio the second time around needs political commitment

John Andrew Camposano, MD and Gideon Lasco, MD, PhD
Posted at Sep 26 11:48 AM

Although the new cases definitively indicate polio, the magnitude of the outbreak will only be clear with high rates of reporting from public and private health facilities, as well as greater inter-agency coordination. Read more »

'We need to act now': Health chief warns of polio return in PH

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 04:52 PM

MANILA - The Philippines is currently at “high risk for poliovirus transmission,” a health official said on Saturday, as he called for urgent action to avert the return of the disease. Read more »