The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more
3 years, 3 months ago

The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more

NPR  

The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images The Philippine government, beset by charges of incompetence and corruption in its handling of the pandemic, has mounted a vaccination campaign that any of its Southeast Asian neighbors might envy. Conky Quizon, field epidemiologist and member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group, called it "a big, big deal" and put the unprecedented numbers down to easy access to the vaccines — there were 8,000 centers set up across the Philippines — and several different vaccines on offer, including Pfizer, Moderna and China's Sinovax. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ella Mage/NPR Ella Mage/NPR "Here" is the upscale Glorietta Shopping Mall in the commercial district of Makati city in Metro Manila, which usually teems this time of year with yuletide shoppers in Christmas-revelry in Catholic-majority Philippines. University of the Philippines professor and pandemic analyst Guido David says, "Last year, the country plateaued at around 2,000 cases a day, and now we're way below that.

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Latin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop
2 years, 11 months ago

Latin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombians will soon be going to movie theaters without having to wear face masks. Even as coronavirus cases rise half a world away in China and authorities there impose new lockdowns, plummeting infection rates in Latin America have countries eliminating restrictions on mass gatherings, lifting some travel requirements and scrapping mask mandates that have been in place …

Duterte wants unvaccinated jailed as COVID rate hits record high
3 years, 2 months ago

Duterte wants unvaccinated jailed as COVID rate hits record high

Al Jazeera  

The Philippines’ 43.7 percent positivity rate on Saturday – an all-time high for the fourth straight day – has been driven by the Omicron variant. The Philippines has reported at least 21,819 new COVID-19 infections, raising the country’s positivity rate to another all-time high of 40 percent out of 70,049 tests conducted, as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of …

Typhoon misery in Philippines and COVID spikes elsewhere dampen Christmas joy
3 years, 3 months ago

Typhoon misery in Philippines and COVID spikes elsewhere dampen Christmas joy

LA Times  

Alona Nacua and her son look over their demolished home in the Philippines’ Cebu province on Christmas Day. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, marked Christmas on Saturday without homes, adequate food and water, electricity or cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week and devastated mostly …

Philippines Suspends Decision to Allow Vaccinated Tourists Entry
3 years, 4 months ago

Philippines Suspends Decision to Allow Vaccinated Tourists Entry

News 18  

The Philippines has temporarily suspended a decision to allow fully vaccinated tourists entry in a bid to prevent a new, heavily mutated coronavirus variant taking off in the country where most of the population remains unvaccinated. Manila announced plans last week to allow fully vaccinated tourists from most countries to enter from December 1 as it seeks to revive the …

Philippines starts three-day, nine million person COVID jab drive
3 years, 4 months ago

Philippines starts three-day, nine million person COVID jab drive

Al Jazeera  

Officials say the emergence of the Omicron variant has underlined the need for vaccination against the coronavirus. The Philippines has begun an ambitious campaign to vaccinate nine million people against COVID-19 over three days, as it temporarily suspended a decision to allow fully vaccinated tourists into the country after the emergence of the Omicron variant. Manila announced plans last week …

Philippines’ Duterte blasts ‘selfish’ nations over vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

Philippines’ Duterte blasts ‘selfish’ nations over vaccines

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticized rich nations at the U.N. General Assembly for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines while much of the developing world continues to suffer shortages. “Rich countries hoard life-saving vaccines while poor nations wait for trickles. They now talk of booster shots, while developing countries consider half doses just to get by.” He added: “This is …

Philippines eases lockdown amid record COVID-19 infections
3 years, 7 months ago

Philippines eases lockdown amid record COVID-19 infections

Al Jazeera  

Hospitals were filling up, with 73 percent of the country’s intensive care capacity already utilised and 61 percent of isolation beds occupied. Hospitals filling up Hospitals were filling up, with 73 percent of the country’s intensive care capacity already utilised and 61 percent of isolation beds occupied, government data showed. The Philippines, which has one of Southeast Asia’s worst coronavirus …

Thousands jam Philippine vaccination sites over false news
3 years, 7 months ago

Thousands jam Philippine vaccination sites over false news

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of people jammed coronavirus vaccination centers in the Philippine capital, defying social distancing restrictions, after false news spread that unvaccinated residents would be deprived of cash aid or barred from leaving home during a two-week lockdown that started Friday. Officials placed Metropolitan Manila back under lockdown until Aug. 20, as a new spike in COVID-19 infections …

Philippines Covid-19: Manila residents crowd vaccination centers in rush before lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Philippines Covid-19: Manila residents crowd vaccination centers in rush before lockdown

CNN  

Manila, Philippines CNN — Residents in the Philippine capital are rushing to get Covid-19 vaccines, crowding into vaccination centers and waiting in long lines outside, ahead of a two-week lockdown that goes into effect Friday evening. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said in a July 28 news conference that if unvaccinated people left their house, they would be escorted back by …

Philippine President Duterte threatens to have citizens arrested if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Philippine President Duterte threatens to have citizens arrested if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine

ABC  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate with efforts to end a public health emergency. Key points: Many Filipinos are delaying vaccination because they are holding out for a Western vaccine Only two per cent of Filipinos have been vaccinated with at …

Philippine president’s idea for vaccine incentive: Avoid arrest
3 years, 9 months ago

Philippine president’s idea for vaccine incentive: Avoid arrest

LA Times  

The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of residents who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations and told them to leave the country if they do not cooperate with the efforts to contain the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte, who is known for his public outbursts and brash rhetoric, said in televised remarks Monday night that he has become exasperated with people …

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as his country battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths. “You choose, vaccine or I will have you jailed,” Duterte said in a televised address on Monday following reports of low turnouts at several vaccination …

Win a cow, avoid COVID: Philippines tempts vaccine hesitant
3 years, 9 months ago

Win a cow, avoid COVID: Philippines tempts vaccine hesitant

Al Jazeera  

Philippines is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Southeast Asia but many are reluctant to get the jab. Manila, Philippines – Last week, after ignoring her brother’s advice for months, Fannie Taladro Pestaño hurried to a school campus near her home in Las Piñas City, a suburb of the Philippines’ capital Manila, to line up for her first …

COVID-19: Could the Philippines see an India-style surge?
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Could the Philippines see an India-style surge?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, May 4 at 19:30GMT: The Philippines is in the throes of one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in Southeast Asia, topping one million total infections last week. In an attempt to assuage those fears, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte last week received his first vaccine dose live on Facebook. Rights group Amnesty International says what it calls the government’s …

The Latest: Philippines extends virus lockdown to mid-May
3 years, 11 months ago

The Latest: Philippines extends virus lockdown to mid-May

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is extending an already monthlong lockdown by two weeks as the country’s worst coronavirus infection spike starts to ease but remains alarming. ___ THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — India’s death toll surpasses 200,000; hits record 362,000 daily cases — Chinese companies consider mixing vaccines, booster shots — BioNTech boss: Europe will reach herd immunity this summer …

The Latest: Filipinos mark Good Friday with deserted streets
3 years, 11 months ago

The Latest: Filipinos mark Good Friday with deserted streets

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. —— THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: VACCINES: More than 99.6 million …

Vaccinating the Philippines could take two years. Health workers fear it will be a hotbed of variants by then
4 years ago

Vaccinating the Philippines could take two years. Health workers fear it will be a hotbed of variants by then

ABC  

As a frontline health worker, Dr Genalyne Maroon-Berzabal has witnessed firsthand the latest surge in COVID-19 infections in the Philippines. "There's a new monster again," Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte warned of the UK variant. 'It's spreading' Dr Guido David, from the OCTA Research group at the University of the Philippines, said the virus reproduction number — or the number of …

Philippines, Among the Last Nations in Southeast Asia to Get Vaccines, to Receive Shots After Delays
4 years, 1 month ago

Philippines, Among the Last Nations in Southeast Asia to Get Vaccines, to Receive Shots After Delays

News 18  

The Philippines is due to receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday, among the last in Southeast Asia to secure the critical doses despite having the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the hard-hit region. An initial 525,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca were also scheduled to arrive Monday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. The tough-talking …

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far
4 years, 1 month ago

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far

NPR  

The Philippines Has Vaccinated Zero Health-Care Workers So Far Enlarge this image toggle caption Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Willy Pulia, who turned 58 this week, is scared of getting COVID-19 – and for good reason. toggle caption Ezra Acayan/Getty Images However, the spokesman for the Philippine COVID-19 Task Force told NPR the 117,000 doses of the two-dose vaccine …

‘Endure some more’: Philippines extends coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Endure some more’: Philippines extends coronavirus lockdown

Al Jazeera  

President Rodrigo Duterte says cases of the virus remain too high for restrictions to be eased. President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday extended restrictions in the Philippines’ capital Manila until mid-August because of the continued high number of coronavirus cases, and said the government would work with the military to distribute a vaccine for the virus once it became available. Presidential …

Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people
5 years ago

Coronavirus: Philippines quarantines island of 57 million people

Al Jazeera  

For daily wage earners, no work means no pay ‘so no choice’ and social distancing is impossible, critics say. Manila, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has put the entire Philippine island of Luzon under an “enhanced community quarantine” until April 12 to stop the spread of coronavirus infections. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo earlier explained that, under an enhanced community quarantine, …

Philippines launches polio vaccine campaign after new outbreak
5 years, 6 months ago

Philippines launches polio vaccine campaign after new outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Two cases have been confirmed in children and traces of the virus were found in sewage in two regions. The Philippines has launched a polio immunisation campaign and declared an outbreak in the country after confirming two cases in children and finding the virus in sewage in two provinces, the country’s Department of Health said. “As long as one single …

2.6M kids at risk as measles cases spike in the Philippines
6 years ago

2.6M kids at risk as measles cases spike in the Philippines

CNN  

CNN — More people have died from measles in the Philippines so far this year than in all of 2018, with experts warning about 2.6 million children remain at risk in the country. “It is completely unacceptable that children are still dying from measles in 2019,” said Richard Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippines Red Cross. Video Ad Feedback …

Philippines: Vaccine scare blamed for deadly measles outbreak
6 years, 1 month ago

Philippines: Vaccine scare blamed for deadly measles outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Over 70 people die in outbreak blamed by officials on scandal that eroded public confidence in immunisation programmes. Manila, Philippines – Health officials in the Philippines are racing to contain a deadly measles outbreak the government blames on a marked decline in immunisations after a scandal surrounding a dengue fever vaccine. Vaccine ‘drama’ Francisco Duque III, the health secretary, has …

Measles outbreak declared across the Philippines, citizens urged to get vaccinated
6 years, 1 month ago

Measles outbreak declared across the Philippines, citizens urged to get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — An outbreak of measles is spreading across the Philippines – with more than 1,500 cases of the disease and 26 deaths reported in recent weeks, authorities said Thursday. The capital region of Metro Manila has seen 441 cases, with five deaths, CNN Philippines reports, while many other areas across the country have also been affected. Vaccinations dipped after …

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