Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo joined the growing number of concerned government officials who reminded of the importance of receiving the second dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine. Panelo made the appeal as he cited the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report that Covid-19 vaccination has prevented the spike in coronavirus infections and deaths. “Dapat ‘yung publiko, ‘yung mga naturukan na noong una, magpaturok kayo ng dalawa para siguradong protektado na kayo ng pagkamaselan na sakit ng coronavirus (People who received the first shot should also get inoculated with the second dose in order for them to

The San Juan City government had already vaccinated 86.6 percent of its target population against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The figure represents 73,987 out of the city’s 85,400 aim. The remaining 11,413 make up 13 percent of all eligible vaccinees. In achieving its goal, health officials make sure they do not mishandle the jabs. “Dito po sa San Juan ay walang nangyayaring vaccination mishandling. In fact, wala kaming kahit isang report na nagkaroon ng problema (There is no vaccination mishandling here in San Juan. In fact, we have not received any reports of a problem),” Mayor Francis Zamora said

Consistent adherence to health and safety protocols resulted in Benguet’s lowest single-day record of seven cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on June 16. The figure is a huge drop from the province’s daily case count of 50 to more than 100 in the previous months. As of Friday, it had 290 active cases. Of the total 9,395 infections, 8,873 have recovered and 232 have died. Members of the Provincial Inter Agency Task Force addressing Covid-19, led by Governor Melchor Diclas, met on Friday and reiterated to local chief executives that they need to continue enforcing such protocols as

The local government has procured some 410,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine as the vaccination roll-out continues here. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, announced in a virtual press conference late Friday that they are waiting for the delivery of the vaccines in the third quarter of this year. The vaccine that the city government has procured is sufficient to inject two doses to some 205,000 individuals or 29.50 percent of the target 694,696 residents to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Miravite said the inoculation continues in the 19 sites put up by the city government. City