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Philippines OKs Sinovac jab for kids ages 6 to 17

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 06:55 PM

Children ages 6 to 17 can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac, the DOH said Tuesday. Read more »

Sinovac allowed for pediatric vaccination in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 10:31 PM

The Philippine Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization to Sinovac for pediatric vaccination. Read more »

How good is your COVID vaccine booster? Expert cites best combos

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 02:14 PM

People given China's Sinovac for primary COVID vaccine could get more antibodies with a heterologous booster shot, an expert explained Tuesday. Read more »

Libo-libong Sinovac vaccine nabuburo sa Quezon dahil ayaw ng mga residente

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 05:44 PM

“Kahit po hindi nila sinasabi 'yung vaccine, 'pag pumipila na po 'yung mga tao, kapag nalaman na Sinovac, nag-aalisan daw po 'yung mga tao." Read more »

Sinovac says COVID vaccine safe for children, babies

Elizabeth Cheung, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 07 09:10 AM

Chinese drug maker Sinovac says data from the first two phases of its trials supports the bid for its vaccine to be safely given to children aged three and above. Work has begun on the next-generation Sinovac vaccine which the company hopes will provide more protection. Read more »

Sinovac to trial COVID vaccine in S. African children

Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 04:48 AM

The trial will also enrol 14,000 participants across the Philippines, Chile, Malaysia and Kenya, firms involved in the study say. Read more »

Chile approves Sinovac use for children over age 6

Fabian Cambero, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:07 AM

The Chilean health regulator approves Sinovac Biotech vaccines for use in children over 6 years of age. Read more »

Pinag-aaralan na ang pagbibigay ng Sinovac sa mga bata

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 08:41 PM

Pinag-aaralan na ng vaccine experts ang pagbibigay ng COVID-19 vaccine na gawa ng Sinovac sa mga batang edad 3 pataas ayon sa FDA. Read more »

Chile residents with Sinovac jabs to get booster shots

Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 07:32 PM

Chile launched one of the world's fastest mass inoculation campaigns against COVID-19 in February and has now fully vaccinated more than 60% of its population, predominantly with Sinovac's CoronaVac. Read more »

1 million more Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 09:41 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)- The Philippines on Thursday night accepted the delivery of 1 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses from China-based Sinovac, as the government seeks to boost its immunization efforts despite a 2-week tougher lockdown in Metro Manila. Read more »

Vaccine panel rejects call for shorter interval of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine jabs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 07:31 PM

The COVID-19 vaccine expert panel on Thursday rejected a call to shorten the interval between the first and second Sinovac jabs, which make up the bulk of the Philippine coronavirus vaccine supply.    Read more »

Why Sinovac’s foreign customers are watching Chile’s COVID-19 experience amid Delta variant concerns

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 29 12:45 PM

Chile is being looked to as a bellwether for Covid-19 control as cases drop dramatically in Latin America’s most vaccinated county, but concerns about the impact of the Delta variant loom.   Read more »

BioNTech produces 10 times more antibodies than China's Sinovac: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 02:59 PM

People who received BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine had 10 times the amount of antibodies than those given China's Sinovac, a Hong Kong study has shown, adding to growing data on different jabs' effectiveness. Read more »

Sinovac jab less effective against Gamma variant: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 07:32 AM

PARIS, France - The Chinese CoronaVac jab, also known as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, is less effective against the Gamma variant first detected in virus-ravaged Brazil, a study said Friday. Read more »

Singapore not counting Sinovac shots in COVID-19 vaccination tally

Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 04:05 PM

Singapore has excluded those who received Sinovac Biotech's shots from its national COVID-19 vaccination count, according to the city-state's health ministry. Read more »

3 arestado sa pagbebenta ng Sinovac vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 09:41 PM

Ipinatawag na rin ng NBI ang ilang ahensiya ng gobyerno para malaman kung saan galing at papaano nailabas ang mga bakuna.  Read more »

Nurse, med tech, Chinese huli sa pagbebenta ng Sinovac vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 09:05 PM

Nagsimula ang imbestigasyon nang makatanggap ng impormasyon ang NBI sa bentahan ng grupo ng Sinovac vaccines.  Read more »

Sinovac vaccine for children? DOH studying options

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 12:58 PM

The Department of Health said Monday it was open to use Chinese company Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccines on children. Read more »

Dagdag na Sinovac vaccines ipapamahagi sa 'high-risk areas'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 05:51 PM

Dumating ngayong Linggo ang dagdag na 1 milyong dose ng COVID-19 vaccine ng Chinese company na Sinovac. Read more »

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine gains China approval for emergency use in children, adolescents

Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 12:52 PM

China has approved emergency use of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine in people aged between three and 17, its chairman Yin Weidong told state TV late on Friday. Read more »