The very first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines were officially administered at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and five other referral hospitals in Metro Manila on March 1.
Enforcement of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act has been deferred to give car owners with children 12 years and younger time to install appropriate car seats specified in the new law.
The average retail prices of pork have ballooned by nearly 100% since the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed in the country in August 2019.
President Rodrigo Duterte insinuated that the recent deaths of elderly persons in Norway were caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech. This needs context.
Although there has been no conclusive data yet on the safety and efficacy of some candidate vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), top government officials have already vouched for their effectiveness.
In at least three separate briefings, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque misstated the interim clinical trial results of Indonesia on CoronaVac, a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed by Chinese firm Sinovac BioTech.
At least three government agencies are conducting separate investigations into the use of smuggled and unauthorized vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the Presidential Security Group (PSG) when no vaccine had yet been approved, even for emergency use, in the country at the time.
After months of expedited clinical trials, several coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are now nearing market distribution, and a few are already out for public use.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought upon sickness and death to millions around the world. It has also led to the overabundance of mis- and disinformation related to the disease, made even more damaging by their virality on social media.
The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) this year came not only as a challenge to medical institutions and health care systems, but also as a socioeconomic burden gravely affecting all sectors of society, especially the poorest.
