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More than 1 million Pfizer COVID jabs arrive in PH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 01:21 AM

Philippine authorities are expecting the succeeding Pfizer shipments on Thursday and Saturday, according to the task force. Read more »

COVID vaccination should be mandatory: official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 02:40 PM

Vaccination should be made mandatory, the chairman of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said Wednesday as the country wrapped up its 3-day inoculation drive. Read more »

Gov’t optimistic about reaching 9M target for vax drive

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 12:00 PM

The government is optimistic about meeting its target of vaccinating 9 million people in its three-day national vaccination drive, a Department of Health (DOH) official said Wednesday. Read more »

Vaccine hesitancy sa mga lalawigan, unti-unti nang bumababa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:23 AM

Tila unti-unti nang bumababa ang hesitancy sa mga bakuna kontra COVID-19 sa mga probinsya, ayon sa pinuno ng League of Provinces of the Philippines. Read more »

Gov't eyes another run of 3-day vaccination drive

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 11:41 AM

Government is eyeing another run of its 3-day vaccination drive on Dec. 15 to 17, Malacañang said Wednesday. Read more »

BioNTech CEO: Vaccine likely to protect against severe COVID from Omicron

Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 02:47 AM

BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will likely offer strong protection against any severe disease from the new Omicron virus variant, BioNTech's Chief Executive told Reuters, as the firm weighs the need to upgrade its commonly used shot. Read more »

Moderna CEO: Vaccines may be less effective vs Omicron

Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 02:47 PM

The head of drugmaker Moderna said COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as they have been previously, sparking fresh worry in financial markets about the trajectory of the pandemic. Read more »

China makes billion-dose COVID-19 vaccine pledge to Africa

Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 30 02:06 PM

Chinese medical teams and experts will also be sent to help the continent. Read more »

'Knowing Omicron's impact on vaxxed individuals could take weeks'

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 12:23 PM

Experts are still studying the effect of the COVID-19 omicron variant on vaccinated populations, a Department of Health official said Tuesday. Read more »

Moderna may take months to ship Omicron-specific vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 12:08 AM

The Omicron variant carries a very high global risk of surges, the WHO warned on Monday, as more countries reported cases. Read more »

PH launches mass vaccination drive amid Omicron threat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 11:41 PM

Thousands of people lined up Monday to get their COVID-19 jabs in Philippine vaccination centers as the government launches an ambitious mass inoculation drive. Read more »

Djokovic 'probably won't' play Australian Open

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 05:02 PM

Novak Djokovic "probably won't" play the Australian Open in January over mandatory COVID vaccination rules, the world number one's father said. Read more »

PH kicks off 3-day national vaccination drive

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 04:13 PM

The Philippines has begun Monday its most ambitious National COVID-19 Vaccination Day to date, aiming to cover at least 9 million people through Wednesday. Read more »

Lokal na pamahalaan ng Catanauan, itinanggi na nabuburo ang Sinovac vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 01:50 PM

Pinabulaanan ng Catanauan, Quezon ang ulat na nabuburo umano ang mga COVID-19 vaccine na gawa ng Sinovac dahil ayaw ng mga residente magpaturok nito. Read more »

PH receives over 500,000 AstraZeneca jabs from Poland

Anna Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 12:50 AM

Over half a million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. Read more »

Mga LGU handa na sa National COVID-19 Vaccination Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 07:45 PM

Handa na ang mga lokal na pamahalaan para sa 3 araw na National COVID-19 vaccination program simula bukas hanggang Miyerkules. Read more »

288,000 doses ng AstraZeneca vaccine dumating sa bansa

Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 10:43 PM

Dumating sa Pilipinas ang 288,000 karagdagang doses ng AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine mula United Kingdom, Biyernes ng hapon. Read more »

Why does COVID-19 keep on mutating?

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 06:00 PM

The coronavirus continues to mutate as there are not yet enough people in the world immunized against it, a vaccine expert said Friday. Read more »

50 vaccinated Filipinos win P5,000 each in DOH raffle

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 05:51 PM

The Department of Health on Friday announced the first batch of winners for its COVID-19 vaccination raffle. Read more »

BPO workers want to question jab order for onsite workers

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 04:30 PM

Leaders of various groups representing private sector and government workers on Friday denounced the Inter-Agency Task Force 's (IATF) resolution requiring COVID-19 vaccination for on-site workers, as they vowed to strongly oppose its implementation, even up to the point of questioning its legality before the courts. Read more »