The city government has issued stricter rules to prevent the possible entry of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Delta variant. Lawyer Althea Rosanna Alberto, Executive Officer IV at the Mayor’s office, in a press briefing Wednesday afternoon said Executive Order (EO) 89 is a “preparation” against the spread of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. Among the salient provisions of the EO, which will take effect on Friday, includes the non-entry in the city of leisure travelers from areas declared under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), modified GCQ, and GCQ with heightened restrictions. “Only authorized persons outside residence (APORs) are allowed
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri has called for more vaccine allocation for Cebu and other provincial areas as he urged more citizens to support the national government’s inoculation program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The senator made the call during his visit to Cebu on Thursday, where he met with Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia at the Capitol. “Let us help our local governments. Let’s get ourselves vaccinated. We now have to focus on our vaccination program so we can help resuscitate our economy,” Zubiri told the media in a mix of Cebuano and English. He assured Garcia that more vaccines will
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, on Thursday said it will allocate USD300,000 (PHP15 million) to United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the Philippines to fund its efforts to alleviate the pandemic woes. The tech company said the amount is part of the USD1.5 million it granted to UNICEF in other Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Pakistan to support urgent Covid-19 response needs. In a statement, the UNICEF-Philippines said they will use the grant to train health workers in infection prevention and control, distribute hygiene and disinfection kits, support continued learning of children, and increase access to medical,
The United Kingdom is donating 415,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines as part of its global commitment to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). This is part of the first tranche of 100 million vaccine doses Britain pledged to deploy across the world within the next year, with 30 million due to be distributed by end of 2021. “The UK is sending 415,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the Philippines. This is part of the first batch of the 100 million doses we’ve pledged to get the poorest parts of the world vaccinated as a matter of urgency. We’re
Over four billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, with Turkey ranking among the top 10 countries in the total number jabs given, according to Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. China leads the global count with over 1.6 billion jabs, followed by India with 450.71 million. Mostly the Western countries appeared at higher ranks, with the US having administered 343.36 million shots, Brazil 137.88 million, Germany 91 million, the UK 84.3 million, and Japan 82.59 million. Turkey ranked eighth globally with now over 70.66 million doses, followed by France, Italy, and Indonesia.
The city government here kicked off on Thursday a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination caravan in an effort to soon achieve population protection against the infection. A component of the Covid-19 Response Integrated System in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Mabalacat City College, and the Management Information System, the caravan targets 1,500 more vaccinees in addition to those being inoculated at the SM City Clark jab site. Mayor Crisostomo C. Garbo said in an official social media post that the vaccination caravan aims to hasten the inoculation of city residents, especially the senior citizens who
