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Chinese jab a hurdle for some African visitors to EU

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 01:17 PM

Europe is gradually re-opening to vaccinated travelers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such as Morocco recipients of jabs not recognized by the EU are facing disappointment. Read more »

Duterte nag-sorry sa paggamit ng Sinopharm pero iginiit na ‘legal’ ito

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 06:58 PM

Humingi ng paumanhin ang pangulo pero depensa niya na legal naman ito.  Read more »

More health workers agree to be injected with Sinovac vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 03:26 AM

Meanwhile, the national government is urging to expand the COVID-19 vaccination coverage to include economic frontline workers. Read more »

ASEAN sees China as most helpful during the pandemic: survey

Charmaine C. Deogracias, VERA Files
Posted at Mar 05 03:24 PM

Southeast Asian nations ranked the pandemic as its topmost concern in 2020 and see China as number one among its dialogue partners to have given the most assistance to the region. Read more »

Lacson asks why gov't prefers China's Sinovac despite higher price, lower efficacy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 12:36 PM

Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday questioned anew the government's preference for the "more expensive" and supposedly less efficient Chinese vaccine Sinovac. Read more »

Perfidy and perversity in COVID-19’s wake

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jan 09 04:27 AM

This Sinopharma episode simply lengthens the litany of undisclosed public interest happenings in the President’s office.  Read more »

Confused between Sinovac and Sinopharm? What to know about their COVID-19 vaccines

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 12:10 AM

While they’re both leading Chinese vaccine makers and their names sound alike — beginning with the same Latin-derived prefix sino used to refer to China — they are different from each other. Read more »

FDA on Sinovac’s history of bribery: ‘Huwag nilang subukang manuhol’

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 04:57 PM

The Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines on Tuesday said the government will not tolerate corruption, especially when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.   Read more »

China vaccine first to be distributed in PH for inoculation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 02:48 AM

The Philippines' vaccine review panel will look into past allegations of bribery committed the Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac.  Read more »

US coronavirus vaccine trials raise hopes Chinese drugs will also be effective - pharma chief

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 22 08:12 AM

CanSino’s co-founder Zhu Tao says the positive results reported by Moderna and Pfizer suggest it would ‘not be difficult’ to reach high efficacy rates. The Chinese drugs may not reach the 90-plus percent level of the US products, but they would still be ‘successful’ if they hit 70 or 80 percent. Read more »

Sinopharm calls off COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in PH, Sinovac awaits ethics review

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 05:23 PM

MANILA — A Chinese vaccine developer backed out of initial plans to hold clinical trials in the Philippines, according to the Department of Science and Technology on Friday. Read more »

DOH: Russia looking for local research group to jointly conduct COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 04:38 PM

To organize a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial in the Philippines, Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute must now find a local research group, the Department of Health said Friday. Read more »

China's experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears safe - study

Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 12:34 PM

A Chinese experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences was shown to be safe in an early stage clinical trial, researchers said. Read more »

Chinese vaccine clinical trials to be run in PGH, 4 other hospitals once deal pushes through

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 02:35 PM

MANILA - Five hospitals have been identified for planned clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by China, although negotiations are still ongoing between the Philippine government and Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a health official said Monday.   Read more »