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'Vaccine' is word of the year for Merriam-Webster

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 12:10 PM

The American dictionary of reference Merriam-Webster on Monday revealed "vaccine" to be its word of the year for 2021, reflecting both the hopes and deep divisions sparked by vaccination as the world wrestled with year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Sinovac, Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccines prove highly effective in Uruguay -government

Daniela Desantis, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 09 12:50 PM

Uruguay on Tuesday released real-world data on the impact of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine among its population that showed it was over 90% effective in preventing intensive care admissions and deaths.   Read more »

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

Christophe Vogt, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 09:20 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own goals, UNICEF said Monday.   Read more »

Vaccine lottery: Indian states grapple with how to share COVID-19 jabs

Anuradha Nagaraj and Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 14 12:56 PM

India is a major producer of COVID-19 vaccines, but by Monday it had fully vaccinated only 34.8 million people - about 2.5% of the population, government data shows. About 130 million have had at least a first dose, offering some protection. Read more »

Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on fully vaccinated citizens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 09:42 AM

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunized against COVID-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than a year after Saudis were barred from external trips. Read more »

NCR cities request for fresh COVID-19 vaccines, as supplies run out

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 01:05 AM

At least 24 Filipinos have died after they were vaccinated against COVID, but the country’s drug regulator said the deaths are unrelated to the inoculations. Read more »

Mandaluyong suspends COVID-19 vaccination until Sunday to disinfect facilities

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 12:40 PM

Mandaluyong has simultaneously rolled out its COVID-19 vaccination for senior citizens and persons with comorbidities at a number of schools. Read more »

US plant ruins 15 million J&J coronavirus vaccine doses: report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 01 09:19 AM

WASHINGTON - About 15 million doses of the single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson were ruined in a factory error in the United States, The New York Times reported -- a blow to the company's efforts to quickly boost production. Read more »

Isang taon ng COVID-19 lockdown sa loob ng 4 na minuto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 11:11 PM

Ito ang mga naganap sa isang taong lockdown sa Pilipinas sa loob ng 4 na minuto.    Read more »

Indian ambassador vouches for Covaxin ahead of talks with PH gov't

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 11:29 AM

India's ambassador to the Philippines on Wednesday said their indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, is "very safe, very secure" ahead of commercial negotiations for the coronavirus jab. Read more »

Chinese firm working on COVID-19 mRNA vaccine that can be stored at fridge temperature

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Mar 08 01:47 PM

Guangzhou RiboBio’s product, which has been tested on animals, has a shelf life of about six months when stored at between 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. Scientists from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China are also working on a vaccine with a nanocarrier-based delivery system. Read more »

Brazil governors to buy vaccines directly due to slow federal rollout

Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 08:33 AM

BRASILIA - Brazilian state governors scrambling to secure COVID-19 vaccines said on Tuesday they are getting together to bypass President Jair Bolsonaro's government and buy shots directly because of delays in the federal inoculation program. Read more »

Over 1,000 coronavirus vaccines spoiled in Japan after freezer malfunctions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 02 01:22 PM

TOKYO - Japan said Tuesday an investigation would be launched after more than 1,000 coronavirus vaccine doses had to be thrown out when a freezer storing them malfunctioned. Read more »

Biden says vaccines available for all Americans by end July

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 17 01:13 PM

MILWAUKEE - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that all Americans will have access to Covid-19 vaccines before August. Read more »

HK panel holds off on recommending Sinovac vaccine for city’s free COVID-19 jabs program

Emily Tsang and Ng Kang-chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 11 01:48 PM

The advisory group’s chairman Professor Wallace Lau releases update after it discusses latest clinical data. The panel believes the vaccine is safe but questions remain over when second dose is needed. Read more »

S.Korea advises caution on AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for elderly

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 04:11 PM

SEOUL - A panel of South Korean advisers has urged caution over the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for people older than 65, citing a lack of data, the food and drug safety ministry said on Friday.   Read more »

Virus task force allows Baguio to accept tourists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 11:32 AM

The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response has allowed the mountain city of Baguio City to accept leisure travelers, despite being under the third strictest of 4 quarantine levels this February, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

Coronavirus vaccine: Russia moves a step ahead of China with clinical trial data release

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 04 04:01 PM

The developer publishes results of phase 3 trials in peer-reviewed journal, bolstering credibility of shots, experts say. The study shows ‘clear outcome and scientific principle of vaccination’. Read more »

Novavax COVID vaccine highly effective, but not against S.Africa variant

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 09:26 AM

WASHINGTON - US biotech firm Novavax said Thursday its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed an overall efficacy of 89.3 percent in a major Phase 3 clinical trial in Britain, and remained highly effective against a variant first identified there. Read more »

Vaccinated people can still catch COVID-19, expert says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:42 AM

People who have taken COVID-19 jabs can still get infected with the virus, a public health expert said Tuesday. Read more »