Labor Day vax for tourism workers
Some 150 frontline personnel of quarantine hotels were among the hundreds of workers who were vaccinated against Covid 19 on Saturday (May 1) in the symbolic vaccination of laborers that…
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Philippines vaccination program to scale up by midyear; inoculation for the general public could start by August
The Philippine government remains committed to its goal of building the country’s herd immunity by 2021. With the government finalizing five out of seven procurement contracts with different vaccine manufacturers,…
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For returning OFWs, President Duterte calls for strict enforcement of health protocols
On Wednesday, April 21, President Duterte called for maintaining the strict enforcement of health protocols for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) despite calls to loosen up the existing health guidelines.…
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Department of Tourism welcomes proposals to convert tourism sites to temporary medical facilities
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Tuesday the Department of Tourism (DOT) would support the construction on tourism sites of temporary hospitals and other medical facilities necessary to fight the COVID-19…
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DPWH augments Batangas Medical Center Covid-19 treatment facilities
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has built additional Covid-19 treatment facilities at Batangas Medical Center in Batangas City. Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark A. Villar said that…
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Amid shortage in global supply, Philippines calls on international community to provide equitable access to anti-COVID vaccines
The Philippine government is leading the clarion call for the international community to band together in the spirit of solidarity and ensure that all nations obtain equal access to life-saving…
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Taguig opens third mega vaccination hub in Bonifacio Global City
In line with its efforts to ramp up the city’s vaccination rate, the local government of Taguig has opened its third mega vaccination hub at the Samsung Hall in SM…
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Filipino, American forces hold virtual Global Health Engagement
CAMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Medical experts from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) concluded the three-day virtual Global Health Engagement on Wednesday,…
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Department of Health issues additional vaccination guidelines
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, April 15 further clarified guidelines on the COVID-19 National Deployment and Vaccination Plan. In its Department Memorandum (DM) No. 2021-0175, DOH provided the…
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Fact Sheet: U.S. COVID-19 Assistance to the Philippines
The U.S. government and U.S. companies continue to support our Philippine #FriendsPartnersAllies in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, total U.S. government COVID-19 assistance to the Philippines amounts to nearly…
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U.S. Provides Php170 Million to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment in the Philippines
The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing the Philippines Php170 million ($3.5 million) to support the Department of Health (DOH) in its…
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DND-AFP receives swab test kits from Singapore Defense Ministry
The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received today, 15 April 2021, the donation of 50,000 units of COVID-19 Swab Test Kits from…
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Use of Burnham Green and Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park for Temporary Mobile Hospital and drive-thru Vaccination Site approved by Tourism Department
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced today that a temporary mobile hospital and a drive-thru vaccination site will soon rise at the Rizal Park in Manila. In a…
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Department of Health redeploys doctors, nurses to augment NCR hospitals, welcomes HCWs heeding the call
To augment the need for more healthcare workers in the National Capital Region, the Department of Health (DOH) is redeploying a total of 136 doctors and nurses from other regions…
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Singapore’s Temasek Foundation Donates High Grade Medical Equipment Anew to Support the Philippines COVID-19 Response
The Philippine Embassy in Singapore, together with the officials of the Department of Health, Department of Foreign Affairs, the Office of Presidential Protocol and the Singapore Embassy in Manila witnessed…
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Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter support DOH’s #ChecktheFAQs campaign to fight vaccine misinformation
Department of Health (DOH) launched the #ChecktheFAQs campaign to emphasize the importance of accurate information in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage the public to fact-check information that…
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Private firms now allowed to import COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines
Private entities can now import COVID-19 vaccines “at will” after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gave the go ahead allowing them to bring in the vaccines they need for their workers…
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First batch of government-procured vaccines arrives in the Philippines
On Monday, March 29, the Philippines received the first tranche of 1 million CoronaVac vaccine doses out of the total 25 million doses procured by the national government from vaccine…
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The Philippines discussing local vaccine production with 6 firms
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said its investments promotion agency is currently discussing local production of vaccines with six companies. “The Board of Investments (BOI)…
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‘The VAXplainer’ features efficacy and safety of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
The Presidential Communications Operations Office – Office of the Global Media and Public Affairs (PCOO-OGMPA) is releasing its third episode of “The VAXplainer,” which focuses on the efficacy of the…
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