After 10 months of quarantine, chronically ill young German jumps vaccine queue ReutersPosted at Jan 23 04:36 AM NIEDERBREITBACH, Germany - Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, chronically ill 30-year-old Benni Over has lived in strict domestic quarantine in the German resort town of Niederbreitbach with his parents, who look after him around the clock. Read more »
LGUs, private firms told to follow gov't standards on COVID-19 vaccine storage Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 22 09:59 PM MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) and private companies that have entered into tripartite agreements for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines were told to observe national government-set vaccine cold storage standards and not just resort to their own refrigeration measures. Read more »
Oversupply of vaccines? LGUs told to coordinate amid concerns of 'panic buying' Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 22 06:23 PM Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian raised concerns over what he perceived as LGU's "panic buying" COVID-19 shots from different pharmaceutical giants. Read more »
Villanueva asks: Should patients who recovered from COVID-19 get vaccinated? ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Jan 22 03:37 PM Should patients who recovered from COVID-19 get vaccinated against the respiratory disease? Read more »
'Financial interest'? FDA chief says Rep. Arroyo letter on Sinopharm vaccine 'not unusual' Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News Updated as of Jan 22 03:12 PM The head of the Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that a letter from Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo offering information on a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine was “not unusual”, even as a senator questioned the lawmaker's potential financial interest in the drug. Read more »
PH 'won't compromise stake' in West Philippine sea over China COVID-19 shots: Galvez Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 22 01:06 PM An official leading the country's inoculation drive against COVID-19 said on Friday he "would not compromise" the national stake in the West Philippine Sea, despite vaccines from China. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 21, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 22 05:05 AM Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »
PH to get up to 40 million free COVID-19 doses from COVAX ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 21 11:33 PM The Philippines is set to receive up to 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for free, while an India-based vaccine developer applied for emergency use authorization here in the country. Read more »
Bukod sa AstraZeneca: Private sector planong kumuha ng bakuna sa Novavax ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 21 07:48 PM Ito ay para sa mga kompanyang gustong humabol sa mga kasunduan ng gobyerno at ng mga pharmaceutical firm. Read more »
Disinfecting before shopping Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 21 06:32 PM People pass through a disinfection booth before entering a public market in Marikina City on Thursday. Read more »
Philippines' COVID-19 loans balloon to P641 billion; to be paid until 2049 ABS-CBN Investigative and Research GroupPosted at Jan 21 05:28 PM The running total of the country’s USD13.34 billion or approximately P640.96 billion loans will be paid from 2023-2049, with an average repayment period of 15 years for each loan. Read more »
Vaccine czar apologizes for saying Senate probe is politicized Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News Updated as of Jan 21 04:41 PM An official leading the country's inoculation drive apologized on Thursday for his previous statement that a Senate inquiry into the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines was being used for politics. Read more »
Cuba aims to produce 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine Yamil Lage, AFPPosted at Jan 21 01:22 PM Technician Mayelin Mejias works at the Vaccine Aseptic and Packaging Processing Plant at the Finlay Vaccine Institute in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday. Read more »
Philippines to get up to 40 million free COVID-19 shots from COVAX: official Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News Updated as of Jan 21 05:35 PM The Philippines will receive up to 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for free from the COVAX initiative, an official leading the inoculation drive said on Thursday. Read more »
Sotto confirms CDA on Sinovac vaccine, but will still push hearing on Friday Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN NewsPosted at Jan 21 02:10 AM MANILA - Vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. showed to senators all “necessary documents and proposed agreements” in relation to COVID-19 vaccines the Philippine government is eyeing to purchase, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday. Read more »
Spokesman says Duterte thinks senators 'war-like' in COVID-19 vaccine probe; Sotto says 'imbento!" Jamaine Punzalan and Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News Updated as of Jan 20 02:13 PM President Rodrigo Duterte is puzzled over why senators were "war-like" as they looked into the government's vaccination drive against COVID-19, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Read more »
Deep in remote Amazon, indigenous villagers receive coronavirus vaccine Adriano Machado and Leonardo Benassatto, ReutersPosted at Jan 20 01:02 PM Brazilian military flew medical personnel and 1,000 doses of a Chinese vaccine deep into the Amazon rainforest on Tuesday to start inoculating indigenous people against the coronavirus. Read more »
Coronavirus vaccines stolen from public hospital in Mexico Agence France-PressePosted at Jan 20 08:25 AM MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities are investigating the theft of several coronavirus vaccines from a public hospital, the army said Tuesday, underscoring the challenges of distributing the shots across the crime-plagued country. Read more »
Dancing for joy Ronen Zvulun, ReutersPosted at Jan 19 11:50 PM Residents of an assisted living facility dance after receiving their booster shots of the vaccination against COVID-19 in Netanya, Israel on Tuesday. Read more »
Duterte orders disclosure of COVID-19 vaccine deals to Senate leader Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 19 07:29 PM President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the disclosure of the prices of COVID-19 vaccines to Senate President Vicente Sotto III, whose colleagues are investigating the country's inoculation plan, an administration ally said on Tuesday. Read more »