First, the good news. The Department of Health (DOH) early this week announced that 70.76 percent of the country’s target population has already been vaccinated against Covid-19. In short, almost 64 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated.
Now, the other side of the news. Out of this number, only 10
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Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday said the arrest of Dr. Maria Natividad Castro was not a case of red-tagging, adding that proper procedures were followed by the authorities. In a press briefing, Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Castro was arrested based on a warrant issued by a Regional Trial Court (RTC) for serious illegal detention and kidnapping. "May(there is) specific crimethat was the cause of the warrant of arrest issued by the RTC court," Nograles said. "Hindi siya case ng (It's not) red-tagging." Nograles said all law enforcement authorities maintained that all legal protocols and procedures were followed in arresting Castro. "If they did not agree with the findings ng (of) prosecutor, they also had legal remedies after that hanggang dumating na nga sa korte at finile at sinampa sa korte (until it was filed in court)," Nograles said. Castro was allegedly involved in the felonious kidnap
MANILA - Malacanang on Tuesday encouraged eligible Filipinos to get coronavirus disease (Covid-19) booster shots despite the decline in Covid-19 cases. In a Palace briefing, Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said there are around 33.5 million individuals who are qualified to get an additional dose of the approved Covid-19 vaccines as of February 20. Nograles, however, noted that only 9.7 million have received their booster shots, urging the remaining 23 million to receive supplemental Covid-19 jabs protect themselves against the virus. "Iniisip siguro ng karamihan: Bakit kailangan nito? Bumababa naman na ang kaso ng Covid-19 sa bansa. (Maybe many think why need booster shots when Covid-19 cases in the country are declining). There is very little risk of getting Covid today," Nograles said. "Misguided po ang ganitong pananaw. Kailangan pa rin natin ng dagdag na proteksiyon. Ika nga (This observation is misguided. We still need additional protection. As they