PEDIA VAX DRIVE.Pediatric vaccinees line up during the rollout of vaccination for children aged 5 to 11 years old at the Ugnayang La Salle gymnasium in Dasmarinas, Cavite on Tuesday (March 15, 2022). A total of 1,500 children belonging to the said age group were vaccinated during the activity.(PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA-The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) on Tuesday said the fourth leg of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" National Vaccination Drive (NVD) will be extended until Friday (March 18). In a media interview, NVOC chairperson and Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje lauded various vaccination teams from the local government units (LGUs), Department of Health (DOH), other national government agencies, and uniformed personnel as well as the private sector and religious sector that have exerted massive inoculation efforts in the past days of the fourth national vaccination drive. According to Cabotaje, among the efforts to make coronavirus disease 2019 (Covi
FEAR NOT. The woman detests the needle but managed to receive her Covid-19 vaccine booster shot just the same from Department of Health Director Gloria Balboa outside the Quiapo Church in Manila on Friday (March 11, 2022). The three-day national vaccination drive that ends Saturday (March 12) has so far administered 836,162 doses. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - The Philippines has so far administered 836,162 doses of Covid-19 vaccines during the fourth leg of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" National Vaccination Drive (NVD 4). Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who also heads the National Vaccination Operations Center, reported on Saturday that the cumulative administered doses are just 44.49 percent of the targeted 1.8 million doses. Of the total, 202,915 were used as first doses, 359,546 as second shots, and 273,701 were boosters. The government is mulling to extend the three-day NVD 4 that will end Saturday. Cabotaje lauded the efforts of local government units to make