Around 1 million Filipino children under one year old have not been vaccinated against various preventable diseases, according to Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire. The Philippines is in the lowest 10 countries around the world in terms of immunization of children.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Tuesday decried the revival of the policy mandating COVID-19 vaccination and requiring testing of unvaccinated onsite employees.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has modified testing requirements for personnel who are still unvaccinated against Covid-19.
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday urged individuals who are not yet inoculated against COVID-19 to get vaccinated to spare the country from disruptive lockdowns and ensure the continued gradual opening of the economy.
President Rodrigo Duterte pleaded on Monday for Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get their anti-Covid-19 shots.
President Rodrigo Duterte pleaded on Monday for Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get their anti-Covid-19 shots.
World Health Organization Acting Country Representative Dr. Rajendra Prasad Yadav expressed worry on Friday that 2.5 million senior citizens in the Philippines have not received even a single dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines.
The CIBAC party-list group led by House Deputy Speaker Bro. Eddie Villanueva urged the government to do away with brash crackdowns on the unvaccinated.
Malacañang echoed the statement of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra that Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta should obey the government’s regulations for unvaccinated
Representatives of Makabayan bloc have jointly filed a resolution seeking congressional probe on alleged violations of human rights and the effects of the government’s action against individuals not yet vaccinated against COVID-19.
