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More Sinovac vaccines arrive in Philippines

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Updated as of Jul 14 06:21 PM

A Cebu Pacific flight carrying 1 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Manila Wednesday morning. Read more »

Philippines gets additional 400,000 Sinovac jabs from China

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Updated as of Mar 24 11:39 AM

Philippine Airlines said Wednesday it brought home an additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines from China. Read more »

No indemnification deal for Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine - Palace

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Posted at Feb 22 05:12 PM

The Philippines did not sign an indemnification deal for the COVID-19 vaccine of Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech, Malacañang said on Monday.    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 »

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine is only option for Filipinos until June: Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 02:56 PM

The COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac will be Filipinos' sole option until the middle of the year, Malacañang said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Metro Manila health frontliners first to get COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac: official

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 12:30 PM

Health workers in Metro Manila will be the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech, an official said on Tuesday, as the Philippines eyed launching its inoculation drive next month.  Read more »

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine makers to seek emergency use approval in PH this week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 09:57 PM

Chinese drugmakers Sinovac and Sinopharm are expected to apply within the week for emergency use authorization in the Philippines of their respective COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

DOJ orders probe into unauthorized coronavirus vaccinations

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 05:03 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday that he has tapped the National Bureau of Investigation to look into reports of unauthorized vaccinations against the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Philippines eyes 4 coronavirus vaccines in first quarter 2021

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 03:57 PM

The Philippines is eyeing to use 4 vaccines against the novel coronavirus by the first 3 months of 2021, Malacañang said on Thursday, even as the country has yet to receive emergency vaccine use applications fort the drug.   Read more »

Philippines finalizing talks for 25 million Sinovac doses vs COVID-19

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 03:07 PM

The Philippines is eyeing the completion of negotiations for the COVID-19 vaccine supply of Chinese drug maker Sinovac Biotech this week, the head of the inoculation drive said on Monday.  Read more »

Australia at China, magbibigay ng COVID-19 vaccine sa Pilipinas: Galvez

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 05:57 AM

Inanunsiyo ni vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. nitong Lunes na nagpahayag ang Australia at China na magbabahagi ito ng bakuna sa Pilipinas laban sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Palace to lawmakers: Confer with Executive branch on COVID-19 vaccine funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 10:48 PM

Malacañang on Thursday urged lawmakers to "confer" with the Executive branch on sourcing funds for the potential vaccine against the COVID-19 disease.    Read more »

PH envoy says no China conditions for access to COVID-19 vaccine

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Posted at Oct 22 05:03 PM

Did China set conditions for sharing its coronavirus vaccine candidate to the Philippines, while the 2 countries are locked in a maritime dispute?    Read more »

China's Sinovac seeks FDA permit to test coronavirus vaccine in Philippines

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Updated as of Oct 22 04:19 PM

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate from China's Sinovac firm has passed a preliminary review by local experts and filed Thursday its application to hold clinical trials in the Philippines, the Food and Drug Administration said.  Read more »

China says COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for public by November

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 07:48 PM

Some of China's vaccine candidates have already been offered to essential workers under an emergency use program. Read more »

Chinese military researchers move new COVID vaccine candidate into human trial

Roxanne Liu and Se Young Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 02:27 AM

A Chinese military research institute has been approved to test its second experimental coronavirus vaccine in humans, the eighth candidate in clinical trials for China as it emerges as a front-runner in the global fight against COVID-19. Read more »

China races to find virus vaccine, put scandals in the past

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 04:54 PM

BEIJING, China - China has mobilised its army and fast-tracked tests in the global race to find a coronavirus vaccine, but its labs also have an image tarnished by past health scandals to overcome.   Read more »

Duterte confident China will be first to come up with COVID-19 vaccine

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Posted at May 28 10:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed confidence that China will be the first country to be able to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »