Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed hope that the Congress "can muster political will" to pass a measure that would make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory. The DOH and the National Vaccine Operations Center (NVOC)
Philippines to donate Covid-19 jabs to vaccine-short nations Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): From being a recipient, the Philippines is considering donating Covid-19 vaccines to other countries in need of these doses.
"Finally, nalagpasan natin ang pagsubok na dala ng Omicron," Galvez reported at President Rodrigo Duterte's Talk to the People program. "NCR and 38 areas will begin the roadmap to the new normal starting tomorrow exactly one year after we started the vaccination program," he added.
PART 1: Supply is no longer a hurdle. Neither is people's willingness to get vaccinated. The hurdle is in getting the vaccines beyond Metro Manila and Luzon, according to data analysis done by Rappler and public health research institution EpiMetrics.