Women & Family

Mag ingat sa mga nagbebenta ng pekeng COVID-19 vaccines!

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday approved the release of PHP23-billion emergency subsidy to about 22.9 million individuals in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces placed under a week-long enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

"Hangga't parehong mga tao ang namamahala sa pandemic response, parehong resulta lang din ang makukuha natin. We need better leadership. We need health experts who will carry out scientific, evidence-based solutions. We need competent and empathetic medical professionals to get us through this crisis," Hontiveros said.

The House of Representatives on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the Covid-19 IATF-EID to establish a unified national contact tracing protocol to ensure a more effective health emergency data monitoring system in the country.

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Galvez, also the country's vaccine czar, said the number represents 24 percent of over 1.7 million total healthcare workers nationwide targeted to be vaccinated.

HONTIVEROS: "Kailangang bilisan dahil napakabilis din ng pagkalat ng virus. Marami na ang naikonsiderang 'new poor' na nawalan ng trabaho at kabuhayan na kailangang makatanggap ng cash assistance mula sa gobyerno."

In a virtual meeting with President Rodrigo Duturte, Galvez said additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac jabs donated by the Chinese-government will arrive on March 24.

The local government of Taytay on Saturday said vaccine confidence among its residents has increased since their rollout began while medical front-liners continue to avail of the Covid-19 jabs.