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DOH in talks with Moderna, Pfizer for omicron jabs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 04:59 PM

The DOH is in talks with Moderna and Pfizer for the procurement of new COVID-19 vaccines that have been updated to target Omicron subvariants. Read more »

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 27 09:04 AM

Moderna said Friday it is suing rival vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech. Read more »

PH receives 936,000 more vaccines for 5-11 year olds

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 10:56 PM

A fresh batch of reformulated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Thursday night. Read more »

Over 800,000 new doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive in PH

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 10:36 PM

The country has received at least 237 million shots of various COVID-19 vaccine brands, officials said. Read more »

Karagdagang 1.16-M Pfizer vaxx doses dumating sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 12:42 AM

Unang dumating Lunes ng umaga ang 3,999,060 doses ng Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine na donasyon ng US government sa pamamagitan ng COVAX facility. Read more »

11,700 more Pfizer-BioNTech jabs arrive in NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 01:01 AM

Some 11,700 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal (NAIA) in Pasay City on Friday night. Read more »

Karagdagang 804k vaccine doses dumating sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 06:41 AM

Sa pangkalahatan, nakatanggap na ang bansa ng 1.6 milyong bakuna laban sa COVID-19 para sa mga bata. Read more »

Another batch of COVID shots for kids ages 5-11 arrives

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 10:37 PM

The fresh shipment containing 780,000 doses landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 from Cebu before 9 p.m. Read more »

780,000 more Pfizer COVID jabs for minors arrive in PH

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 01:02 AM

The government targets to vaccinate 15.5 million children ages 5 to 11. Read more »

Higit 455,000 bagong bakuna dumating sa Pilipinas

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 10:59 PM

Dumating sa bansa ngayong Miyerkoles ang 455,130 doses ng Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Pfizer eyes $54-B in 2022 sales of COVID vaccine, pill

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 08 09:24 PM

Pfizer forecasts full-year sales of its COVID-19 vaccine to hit $32 billion and expects another $22 billion from sales of its oral antiviral pill for the disease. Read more »

Pfizer-BioNTech jabs for younger kids arrive in NAIA

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 11:57 PM

Manila bought the vaccines through financing by the World Bank. Read more »

Pfizer seeks US approval of Covid vaccine for children under 5

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 08:31 AM

Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they are seeking emergency authorization from US health regulators for use of their Covid vaccine for children aged over six months and under five years. Read more »

Pfizer vaccine for children under 5 may be available in US by end-Feb: report

Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 03:02 PM

Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech SE are expected to submit an EUA request to the FDA for vaccines for children aged six months to 5 years, WaPo said. Read more »

Study finds slight myocarditis risk with mRNA vaccines

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 08:58 AM

There is a small but increased risk for heart muscle inflammation, or myocarditis, following receipt of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, the US CDC said. Read more »

Israel broadens eligibility for 4th shot of COVID vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 07:21 AM

Israel on Wednesday broadened eligibility for a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to include adults under 60 with underlying medical conditions, their caretakers, and others over 18 at significant risk of exposure to the coronavirus. Read more »

Pfizer launches trial of omicron-targeted COVID vaccine

Michael Erman and Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 04:17 AM

Pfizer has said that 2 doses of the original vaccine may not be sufficient to protect against infection from the omicron variant. Read more »

US authorizes Pfizer booster for kids as young as 12

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 06:39 AM

US health authorities on Monday approved Pfizer's Covid-19 booster shot for children as young as 12, and reduced the wait time between initial vaccination and an extra dose from six months to five, for all ages. Read more »

Omicron evades immunity better than Delta - study

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 11:23 PM

Scientists have been racing to find out whether it causes less serious disease and why it appears more contagious than the Delta variant. Read more »

1.4 million more doses of Pfizer COVID vaccine arrive in PH

Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 08:36 PM

The Philippines boosted its war chest against COVID-19 after receiving 1,405,170 more doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine on Friday. Read more »