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Unvaccinated individuals can finally get jabbed the next time they take the LRT. The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) said it is transforming select stations of the LRT Line 2 as vaccination sites in partnership with the local governments of Manila and ...

Commuters who have not yet been vaccinated will not be allowed to access public transportation in Metro Manila, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Wednesday. DOTr Secretary the department order with the "no vaccination, no ride/no entry" policy will be in ...

As the COVID-19 cases surge again in the Philippines, the United States has donated more vaccines to the country through the COVAX facility. At least 2.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines arrived in Manila on January 9.The ...

A 50-year-old Italian man attempted to pull as fast one on healthcare professionals when he used a fake silicone arm to try and circumvent the Italian city of Biella's vaccine program. The man wanted to obtain a Green Pass ...

The current pandemic has tainted the future with uncertainty. However, this isn't the first time that a large population has been plagued by a contagious disease. From ancient Egyptian times and beyond to the current times, pandemics have been present in ...

If AirAsia Philippines had its way, airline passengers visiting a city wouldn't need to present a negative RT-PCR test if they're fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Airline officials said the test only discourages vaccinated people from traveling as it ...

The Philippines on Sunday night received its first shipment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, bringing the country's vaccine inventory to 14.3 million as the government expands inoculation in more priority areas.A total of 249,600 doses arrived at Ninoy ...

Only four vaccines against the coronavirus have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) so far. The EMA is the agency responsible for the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in the bloc. The four vaccines are: 1| Comirnaty (BioNTech, Pfizer) ...

If Nina Ellaine Dizon-Cabrera's reaction to the surprising turn of events on Wednesday were turned into a meme, it would be this: Dizon-Cabrera, the CEO of local cosmetics brand Colourette Cosmetics, was reacting to reports that the Philippine National ...

It's been almost a year since a Luzon-wide lockdown was first announced, and the Philippines finally started vaccinating people against the virus this week. It might seem like a long time, but in the context of producing an antiviral agent, ...

Doctor Joseph Adrian Buensalido is an infectious disease specialist affiliated with the University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital, Asian Hospital, and Makati Medical Center. On Monday, March 1, he was one of the first medical professionals who received the vaccine ...

The pandemic might still be present, but Filipino athletes are training around the clock to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics while battling worries of catching the COVID-19 virus. But now they have one less thing to worry about: getting-and paying ...

The Philippines has so far signed contracts to procure vaccines for the coronavirus enough to cover about 6.62 million of its citizens, or about 6.2 percent of the population. This is according to an extensive study by Bloomberg, which tracked ...