Covid-19 Vaccines for the Philippines Childhood Schedule. PHP60M for Vaccine Demand Generation. Supreme Court Junks TRO on SIM Registration. SIM Registration Extended. SMART SIM Data Collection

is outsourced to wholly Chinese Owned Company ZOLOZ. Covid-19 Reported Cases and, far more importantly, deaths continue to be very low. Indoor and Outdoor Masking to be reintroduced for Arcturus?

DOH Bidding Contract for Vaccine Demand Generation

The Philippines Department of Health has opened bidding for the hiring of a communications agency for their COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Generation and Communications Campaign. Budget is PHP60 million (USD1.08 Million). Quite a lot of money for products that don’t have Emergency Use Authorization and don’t have Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) and thus cannot currently be imported to the Philippines.

Addition of Covid-19 Vaccines to the National immunization Programme (Ie. the Pediatric Schedule).

On March 24, the DOH called for a public hearing into the Omnibus Guidelines for implementation of the Covid-19 Vaccination.

A copy of the draft Administrative Order may be accessed through this link. It includes incorporation of Covid-19 Vaccines into the National Immunization Programme.

Doctors from the CDCPH attended this hearing. They were very disappointed. The zoom meeting was supposed to accept 1000 participants. Only 300 persons were allowed in. The hearing was supposed to extend from 1 to 5 pm and to accept public input. It ended by 3:30 pm. Persons trying to comment were blocked. Comments from CDCPH attendees below: -

It was more of ramming the new Administrative Order without benefit of Congressional oversight into the policy of DOH to make Covid 19 vaccine a regular childhood vaccine. It was more of a reading of the proposed AO rather than a public consultation.

At the end of the reading of the paper, the host just read the comments and questions. When CDCPH President tried to speak to comment, she was blocked by the host and not allowed to speak.

There were no consultations or public forum. Just a recitation of the AO on childhood vaccination incorporating Covid 19 vaccines into it. I complained in the chat box “you are rude”. The end. Supposedly for 1000 persons but trimmed to 300 only. Then supposed to be from 1-5 pm. Ended at 3:30 pm.

Parents, citizens, be warned. The government intends to continue pushing these Covid-19 vaccines, forcing these covid-19 vaccines, on everyone!

SIM CARD DATA MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCED TO CHINA!

SMART telecom has engaged the services of ZOLOZ Global for SIM Registration. SIM registration requires collection of personal data which is covered by Smart’s privacy conditions. ZOLOG is a wholly owned Chinese company!

ZOLOZ provide global identity verification software, which incorporates Ant Group technologies and technologies developed by EyeVerify. Ant Group acquired EyeVerify (dba ZOLOZ US) following approval by the US government in 2016. ZOLOZ US is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant Group, a Chinese company.

ZOLOZ US continues to be fully managed and operated by US personnel located in Kansas City, Missouri.

ZOLOZ Global is headquartered in China and provides software services to customers outside the United States.

The Supreme court has thrown out the TRO calling for the halting of the SIM registration, instead asking involved parties to comment. The petition to have the sim registration declared unconstitutional is still pending.

Regardless, the SIM Registration has been extended for 90 days. Apparently with conditions as they intend to start cutting access to social media for people who do not comply.

Proclamation 922, Declaring State of Public Health Emergency Still In Effect

While Proclamation 929 expired on 31 December 2022, after multiple extensions. Proclamation 922 has no expiry date. It can only be lifted by the President.

Given low deaths and low cases citizens wonder the basis for this proclamation still being in effect. DOH Covid-19 Tracker.

The death chart shows 5 deaths reported on 15 February 2023, with no updates shown after that time.

As summarized from Dr. Guido on twitter. He also notes that case positivity is up with a key symptom being itchy eyes stating that this is probably XBB 1.16, Arcturus strain!

Hardly terrifying. Yet the marketing behemoth trudges on trying to pull everyone in its wake.

1st Arcturus case detected in the Philippines. Its symptoms are fever, cough, sore throat, and conjunctivitis or sore eyes.

Leachon is calling for reintroduction of mandatory masking. But DOH OIC Vergeire says no need.

Reintroduction of Compulsory Masking

A friend called me from Makati irate, telling me his building property manager just told him that indoor and outdoor masking would be reimposed immediately (26 April 2023), with a circular to be issued shortly. This does not match Vergeire’s position, as stated above. Makati is under alert level 1 (the lowest level) and has been for months. Nothing has changed! There never was a 0 level. But Shared just now!

Note that Masking indoors and outdoors was lifted last October 2022 under executive order No. 7. Presumably mandatory masking cannot be reintroduced without another Executive Order!

I hope this is false news on newly enforced masking! Yet nothing will surprise me! Updates to follow!