President Rodrigo Duterte will wait for the approval of the emergency use authorization (EUA) application of China-made Sinopharm before receiving the vaccine, his spokesman said Tuesday.
MANILA – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday said the “best vaccine” to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country is the vaccine that is now readily available.
MANILA – Around 200 medical personnel, including three ranking officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) took their first dose of China-donated CoronaVac vaccines on Monday at Camp Crame.
The government’s first Covid-19 shot administered to Dr. Gap Legaspi, ground commander of the biggest Covid-19 hospital, is the Philippines’ “counterattack against the virus,” according to Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday described the just-passed Senate Bill 2057 as “a cocktail of cures for the national vaccine lack caused by executive lethargy.”
Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Monday said the mishandling of the Dengvaxia case by the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) contributed to the delays in arrival of Covid-19 vaccines in the country.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is still waiting for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to start the countdown to its launch across the 27-nation bloc.
Britain has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling on rich countries to donate doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to poorer and war-torn states, according to a text of the draft seen by AFP Friday.
MANILA – National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday called on the public to be patient amid some delays on vaccine arrival due to limited global supply and other variables.
The House of Representatives is set to approve on third and final reading on Monday the proposed measure establishing a vaccine indemnity fund and expediting the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday urged the National Taskforce Against Covid-19 (NTF) to commit to a vaccination timeline before making any public statements about when the jabs would arrive.
The country’s vaccine roadmap is still on track despite limited access to the global supplies of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines, National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Thursday.
Malacañang on Thursday rejected the claim made by retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that under a tripartite agreement with the national government and drug makers, private companies are required to donate to the government 100 percent of the vaccines purchased.
Malacañang once again called on Congress to expedite passage of the bills setting up an indemnification fund for Filipinos who may be harmed by coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines and allowing local government units (LGUs) to engage in advance payment mechanism for their vaccine procurement and inoculation.
Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri on Friday defended his bill exempting local government units from procurement rules and allowing them to directly purchase Covid-19 vaccines from the manufacturers.
Sa ilalim ng Emergency Use Authorization, hindi maaring mabigyan ng license for commercial use ang kahit anong brand ng bakuna kontra Covid-19, ito ang paliwanag ni Dr. Eddie Dorotan, miyembro ng National Immunization Technical Advisory Group
Ipinaalala ni Dr. Eddie Dorotan, miyembro ng ng National Immunization Technical Advisory Group o NITAG na mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ang pagbebenta ng Covid-19 vaccine sa ilalim ng Emergency Use Authority o EUA. Kasunod ito ng mga balitang may mga naniningil umano para makapagpareserve ng bakuna.
Pupwede naman sa braso, bakit pa kailangan sa ibang bahagi ng katawan magpaturok? Ibinahagi rin ni Mayor Richard Gomez kung saan siya dating tinurukan nung siya’y bata pa at kung saan niya gusto mag paturok ng covid vaccine.
President Rodrigo Duterte will be among the first to receive the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, Malacañang said Monday.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. trusts the Russians.
Moscow savoured its scientific and political win Wednesday after a top medical journal declared the Sputnik V Covid vaccine safe and effective, and said it was working to increase production of the jab abroad.
First greeted with scepticism, experts have since been convinced of the effectiveness of the Russian coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, with positive results published in The Lancet medical journal on Tuesday.
The government should carry out a nationwide information dissemination campaign to convince Filipinos they need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease, Senate President Tito Sotto said on Tuesday.
By Prince Golez The Philippines has funds to buy coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines, President Rodrigo Duterte said, citing loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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