Dr. Solante: Gov't eyes Nov. 15 as start for giving booster shots to health workers.
He adds all vaccines can be boosted.
Dr. Solante says any COVID-19 vaccine can be used as booster shot
Dr. Solante: Health workers should get booster shots as soon as possible... Other countries started giving booster shots in July and August.
Dr. Solante says he's in favor of downgrading alert level in Metro Manila: Number of COVID-19 cases are manageable and there aren't many new admissions in hospitals
Dr. Solante on proposed 100% capacity in PUVs: Make sure all are fully vaccinated
RELATED: Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. is against the Transportation department's proposal to increase public utility vehicles' passenger capacity from 50% to 100% amid eased restrictions in Metro Manila bit.ly/3bi8dL5
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DOST Usec. Rowena Guevarra on ivermectin clinical trial vs. COVID-19: Layon ng pag-aaral na ito na malaman talaga ang safety, efficacy, at saka effect on viral clearance nito.
THREAD: The House Committee on Energy holds a hearing on calls to temporarily suspend the excise tax on oil and review the Oil Deregulation Law | LIVE bit.ly/3pL66YO
DOE on calls to suspend oil excise tax: There's an opportunity for the government to suspend. But this suspension is only applicable within the timeframe... from 2018-2020. The period of suspension now has already lapsed.
DOE: Any plan for suspension shall now require another passage of a law.
@PiaGarciaHere Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa: I hope our vaccination donation helps reach the milestone of herd immunity
@PiaGarciaHere Amb. Koshikawa: Japan firmly stands by and will continue to cooperate for the Philippines to prevail over this pandemic. We are confident that a better Christmas for Filipinos is now well within reach.
THREAD: 13th hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the handling of COVID-19 funds, including alleged procurement anomalies | LIVE bit.ly/3BydvwR
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon thanks the National Privacy Commission for stating data privacy rights can't be invoked to evade legal proceedings
Sen. Gordon criticizes how Pharmally corporate secretary Mohit Dargani abruptly left the panel's last hearing after being told he and firm president Twinkle Dargani will be detained in the Senate until they answer questions on source documents
Health Undersecretary and National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) chairperson Myrna Cabotaje says 23,727 children with co-morbidities aged 12-17 have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
The pediatric COVID-19 vaccination will be carried out in a total of 123 sites nationwide beginning tomorrow