Active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Navotas City dropped to 705 on Friday, Jan. 21, from the 1,012 active cases recorded on Thursday, Jan. 20. According to the city government, there is only a 4.9 percent increase in active cases on Jan. 20 and 21, compared to the five to eight percent i
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February 8, 2021 | 8:00 pm
THE PHILIPPINES may start inoculating Filipinos against the coronavirus next week as it takes delivery of vaccine orders, according to the presidential palace.
“Our government is prepared to start the vaccination drive on Feb. 15,” presidential spokesman Harry L. Roque told an online news briefing in Filipino on Monday.
The government expects to vaccinate as many as 70 million citizens against the coronavirus by yearend, vaccine czar Carlito A. Galvez, Jr. said on Sunday.
The country will get about 10 million doses of vaccines under a global initiative for equal access this quarter, including 117,000 doses from Pfizer, Inc. that might arrive this month, he said.