The Province of Negros Occidental received its first-ever supply of 1,950 vials of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine delivered via a Cebu Pacific flight from Manila on Thursday. The allocation is part of the shipment received by the national government through the COVAX Facility. Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division and commander of…
Additional 1.5 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine arrived here Thursday. One million of these were purchased by the government, while 500,000 were purchased by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). The shipment arrived via Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight 5J 671 that landed at the Ninoy Aquino International…
An additional 4,585 patients have beaten the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country’s overall recovery count to 1,257,774 on Thursday. The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest Covid-19 bulletin, said recoveries account for 93.9 percent of a total of 1,339,457 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. Another 6,637 new…
At least 10 people who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and refused isolation could be charged by the city government. Executive Assistant Ernesto Pineda, head of Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) Extraction Team, said on Thursday they already submitted blotter reports involving these people before the City Legal Office (CLO). “It’s up to…
More than 1,200 seafarers received their first dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine in a symbolic vaccination at Palacio de Maynila in Malate on Thursday. United States-made Pfizer-BioNTech jabs were used to inoculate the Filipino seamen as it is the required brand in their destinations, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. “Walang pagbabawal…
Recognizing the rise in the demand for telemedicine, especially amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, telehealth service KonsultaMD announced Wednesday its plan to expand the app’s accessibility to the public. Access to KonsultaMD app can be availed at gas stations, malls, and also bundled with other brands soon, said KonsultaMD chief executive officer Cholo…
