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May 2, 2024
All 18 municipal police stations in Antique have been directed to maintain a 24-hour checkpoint within their respective localities this election period for the peaceful conduct of the May 2022 polls. Staff Sergeant John Mark Gonzaga, Antique Provincial Police Office (APPO) Information officer, in an interview on Friday, said the round-the-clock checkpoint was upon the order of provincial director, Col. Alexander Golles Mariano, also to prevent most wanted persons and loose firearms from being transported to the province that could be used to threaten or extort from candidates. Since the start of the checkpoint on January 9, he said they
A total of 65,992,980 Filipinos are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) nationwide, with 12,075,001 eligible individuals having booster shots or additional protection, as of Friday. Based on the latest data from the National Covid-19 Vaccination dashboard, the Philippines has so far administered a total of 142,489,795 doses, with 71,241,203 jabs used as first doses, or 79.15 percent of the government’s target vaccinees for population protection. Meanwhile, individuals who received the two primary vaccine series represent 73.32 percent of the 80 percent or 90,005,357 total population of Filipinos in the country. A total of 8,972,409 minors ages 12-17 years
The Quezon City government reported an all-time low in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in the city as the number of cases continues to be on the downward trend. “This is a welcome development for us in the city, and we want to thank every Quezon City citizen for your sense of responsibility which made this possible,” Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a statement on Friday. As of Thursday, the city government logged a total of 151 or 0.06 percent active Covid-19 cases, with zero new deaths. Meanwhile, the number of individuals who have recovered
The conduct of regular national vaccination days is the key to ramping up the country’s vaccination numbers, an infectious disease expert said Friday. In a televised public briefing, Dr. Rontgene Solante, Vaccine Experts Panel member, suggested that the government should conduct “regular” national vaccination days to reach and protect more people against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Ang advantage kasi ng national vaccination days, ‘yung accessibility, marami tayong lugar na pwede tayong magbakuna (The advantage of national vaccination days is accessibility, we can vaccinate in many places) compared to without, that there are few places to go to like in
Some 17 Negrenses, who recently completed a two-year vocational course at Houshin School of Healthcare in Miyazaki, Japan, will soon obtain a visa for employment in the careworker or nursing care industry in the said country. They comprise the first batch of scholars under the Japanese Language and Careworker Study Scholarship Program, a “study now, pay later” scheme of the Negros Occidental Scholarship Program (NOSP) Division. As of Friday, the scholars, graduates of nursing, midwifery, and other health-related degrees are also awaiting the results of the national licensure examinations they took earlier this year, said NOSP Division head Karen Dinsay.
The Department of Health (DOH) in the Cordillera Administrative Region has put in place additional measures to improve coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination rates in Benguet and Ifugao, especially after the hesitancy of some barangay officials and elders in these provinces has resulted in low vaccination rates. Karen Lonogan, head of DOH Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU), in an interview on Friday said 40 personnel hired by the agency will help in the information, education, campaign (IEC) and will do a house-to-house vaccination in the provinces of Ifugao and Benguet. She said that Benguet’s vaccination rate is now at 56
