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Italy allows anti-vax doctors to return to work

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 04:04 PM

Italian doctors and nurses suspended over their refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19 can now return to work. Read more »

No truth PH using expired COVID-19 boosters: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 06:16 PM

There is no truth to allegations that the government uses expired COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Some NCR cities see rise in COVID vaccine demand

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 10:23 PM

Metro Manila's COVID-19 vaccination drive gets a shot in the arm just as the capital region records more infections. Read more »

DOH chief Duque says PH seems to have contained COVID-19 threat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 10:50 PM

The Philippine health chief said the country may have contained the threat of COVID-19. Read more »

'PH unlikely to fully vaccinate 90 million before Duterte steps down'

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 05:24 PM

The government target of fully vaccinating 90 million people by the end of Duterte’s term is 'very unlikely' to be achieved, Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. said. Read more »

Guidelines sa pagturok ng Sinovac vaccines sa mga bata inihahanda

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 08:09 PM

Inihahanda na umano ng DOH ang guidelines sa paggamit ng COVID-19 vaccines ng Sinovac sa mga may edad 6 hanggang 17. Read more »

Pfizer vaccine for children under 5 may be available in US by end-Feb: report

Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 03:02 PM

Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech SE are expected to submit an EUA request to the FDA for vaccines for children aged six months to 5 years, WaPo said. Read more »

COVAX opens new front in pandemic arms race

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 03:43 PM

Covax aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world's poorest countries. Read more »

Pagbabakuna hinihikayat pa rin kahit nagka-COVID na

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 10:30 AM

Mahalaga pa ring magpabakuna o magpa-booster kontra COVID-19 ang isang tao kahit tinamaan na siya ng sakit, sabi ng isang espesyalista. Read more »

PH gets 2.7M more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 07:24 PM

More than 2.7 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. Read more »

Makati handang bakunahan mas maraming bata vs. COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 02:47 PM

Handa na ang lungsod ng Makati sa pagpapalawig ng bakunahan kontra COVID-19 sa mga kabataang 12 hanggang 17 anyos na walang health risks. Read more »

ALAMIN: COVID-19 vaccination ng general public

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 12:55 PM

Iiral pa rin kung ano ang ipinatupad ng mga lokal na pamahalan sa pagpapabakuna ng general population at saka ng mga menor de edad sa Oktubre. Read more »

‘Napakabuti sa atin’: PH to donate $1M to COVAX vaccine program, says Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 05:08 AM

Duterte on Monday said he answered the call for donations to give back to the COVAX initiative, which has helped the Philippines several times. Read more »

OFWs going to Saudi Arabia still subject to quarantine if inoculated with China vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 08:13 AM

Overseas Filipino workers deployed to Saudi Arabia will still need to be swabbed and quarantined for 10 days even if they have been inoculated with China-made COVID-19 vaccines, the labor department said Monday.  Read more »

More Metro Manila cities begin rolling out Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 10:02 PM

More cities in Metro Manila begin inoculating their residents with COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and BioNTech. Read more »

Hong Kong scraps mandatory vaccines for foreign domestic workers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 01:57 PM

Hong Kong on Tuesday scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic workers after the proposal sparked an outcry and a diplomatic tussle with the Philippines. Read more »

Putin backs Russia waiving patents on its COVID-19 jabs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 02:35 AM

French, German and EU leadership said they were ready to discuss a proposal by US President Joe Biden, before Putin added his support. Read more »

US says vaccinated people can go mask-free outdoors most of the time

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 07:34 AM

WASHINGTON - Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to mask up outdoors when there is no crowd, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, before celebrating by taking his first short walk at the White House without the face covering. Read more »

Firm looks to build vaccine manufacturing plant in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 07:44 PM

A local company is looking to build a vaccine manufacturing plant in the Philippines through a collaboration between the government and the private sector, its CEO said Monday. Read more »

Galvez: PH expecting more than 2-M vaccine doses before March ends

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 12:04 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Philippines is set to receive more than 2 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses from Sinovac and AstraZeneca before the month ends, the country's vaccine czar said Monday. Read more »