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Serbia receives 1 million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 12:20 AM

President Vucic was accompanied by Beijing's ambassador to the Balkan country at Belgrade's airport, as containers carrying the vaccines were unloaded from a plane. Read more »

'Friend' China to donate 1 million vaccine doses to Cambodia: PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 02:50 PM

China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom's strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking "friend" Beijing for its generosity.  Read more »

CHR urges gov’t to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 02:02 PM

“Vaccines must be as accessible for Filipinos in urban cities as well as those situated in far-flung areas of the country where there is a known cluster of infected population," the CHR said. Read more »

Pfizer commits to deliver vaccines to PH at fair price

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 06:50 AM

During Friday's Senate hearing, Pfizer commits to give its COVID-19 vaccine to low-income countries like the Philippines at a not-for-profit price. That's as a Philippine official says the delivery of AstraZeneca's vaccine will be delayed. Read more »

DOLE urges prioritization of minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID vaccine drive

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:00 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging the national government to include minimum wage earners among sectors that will be prioritized in the vaccination against COVID-19. Read more »

Binay: Even if it arrives in PH, Sinovac vaccine can't be used without EUA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 10:46 PM

An EUA will allow a vaccine to be imported, distributed and administered in the country through a national immunization program. Read more »

SMEs told to coordinate with DTI for COVID-19 vaccines

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:51 PM

MANILA - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seeking to get COVID-19 vaccines for their employees can coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. said Friday. Read more »

World leaders na nagpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine nadagdagan pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 PM

Nadagdagan pa ang mga heads of state na nagpabakuna laban sa COVID-19.  Read more »

France says pharma giant Sanofi could make rivals' Covid vaccines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:14 PM

Sanofi, France's biggest pharmaceutical company, could help produce foreign-developed Covid-19 vaccines pending the launch of its own vaccine, which will not be ready for months, a government minister said Friday. Read more »

Gobyerno posible pang umatras sa Sinovac deal, ayon sa ilang opisyal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 09:13 PM

Posible pang umatras o hindi matuloy ang pagbili ng gobyerno ng Sinovac vaccine mula China. Read more »

'Bakunang ipadadala sa malalayong lugar ibabatay sa storage requirement'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:53 PM

Ibabatay sa storage requirements at hindi sa efficacy rate kung anong bakuna ang maipapadala sa malalayong lugar. Read more »

Sinovac nanindigan: Epektibo, abot-kaya ang bakuna namin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:23 PM

Iginiit ng kinatawan ng Sinovac na epektibo ang kanilang bakuna. Ito ay sa gitna ng mga puna ukol dito. Read more »

Ilang kompanya gusto pang humabol sa AstraZeneca vaccine deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 07:53 PM

Aabot umano sa 50 kompanya ang mga gusto pang humabol at um-order ng bakuna.  Read more »

Vaccine candidates Pfizer, AstraZeneca lead DOST ranking on efficacy, safety

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:31 PM

Novavax and Sinovac ranked third and fourth, respectively, according to DOST’s vaccine panel.    Read more »

DOH: Pregnant women, people with pre-existing illness may qualify for Pfizer COVID vaccine

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:11 PM

The Department of Health on Friday said most adults can receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines but those under 16 years old cannot. Read more »

Group urges gov't to vaccinate 11 million farmers vs COVID-19 using meat tariff funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 05:40 PM

MANILA - An agricultural group on Friday urged the government to vaccinate around 11 million farmers against COVID-19 using funds from its collection of deboned meat tariff.   Read more »

Vaccine passport might be used for border control once widely implemented- Vergeire

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 01:30 PM

MANILA — A health official on Friday said that the certificate received by people who will be vaccinated against COVID-19 can be used as a requirement for border control once it is widely used.   Read more »

Biden unveils plan to pump $1.9 trillion into pandemic-hit economy

Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:51 AM

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, saying in prime-time remarks that bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

‘Hindi ipipilit’: Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccine jab will be on ‘bottom list’, says DOH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 11:15 PM

“You would go to the bottom of the line and the next time na puwede na kayo uli magpabakuna ay yan po kapag pagdating ng susunod ng delivery at kapag tapos na po ang sektor na kabilang po kayo," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. Read more »

PH approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:35 PM

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech becomes the first to be approved for use in the Philippines. Read more »