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Health expert: Huwag munang masyadong umasa sa bakuna laban sa COVID-19

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 12:23 PM

MAYNILA - Hinimok ng isang medical expert ang publiko na huwag munang masyadong umasa sa bakuna na dine-develop para sa COVID-19. Read more »

DOST chief wants independent body to monitor COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 06:37 PM

Science Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said a separate safety and monitoring committee should oversee trials in the Philippines along with the government's clinical trial team. Read more »

Expert believes COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in PH by Q2 of 2021 the ‘earliest’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 04:08 AM

Dr. Jaime Montoya, executive director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, tempered hopes that a safe and effective vaccine against the respiratory illness could be ready for use within the year.  Read more »

How will the Philippines run COVID-19 vaccine trials?

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 05:18 PM

Barangays (villages) with the highest number of coronavirus infections will serve as the primary recruitment hub for the Philippines' clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccines as the government prepares to test vaccine candidates on Filipinos. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine likely available in PH 'en masse' by 2nd quarter 2021- DOST

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 11:46 AM

MANILA — The Department of Science and Technology said on Wednesday that the Philippines is most likely to receive an approved COVID-19 vaccine for public distribution by the 2nd quarter of 2021. Read more »

PH, Russia to run simultaneous phase 3 clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 02:35 PM

The Philippines and Russia are planning to start phase 3 clinical trials of Moscow's coronavirus vaccine by October, Malacañang said Thursday, raising hopes on a solution to the pandemic that has infected over 20 million people worldwide. Read more »

PH eyes to immunize 3 million Filipinos from COVID-19 under global facility

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 05:47 PM

MANILA - The Philippines aims to immunize at least 3 percent of its 100-million population from COVID-19 through a global vaccination facility, a top science official said Tuesday.   Read more »

Rejecting 'new normal,' Duterte readies Philippines for life after pandemic

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 03:46 PM

"We are not going back to a new normal. It’s going to be normal again." Read more »

Duterte says to prioritize 'poorest of the poor' for COVID-19 immunization

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 11:13 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday the government would prioritize the "poorest of the poor" in the Philippines for the COVID-19 immunization program, once a vaccine becomes available. Read more »

Duterte: Philippines' first COVID-19 vaccine might come from China

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 11:24 AM

Duterte, in a taped address aired Friday, appealed to Filipinos for patience, saying he hopes that the situation would go back to normal by December. Read more »

China says to prioritize Philippines for COVID-19 vaccine

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 03:22 PM

China has assured the Philippines that it would be a priority once the economic superpower develops a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, that has infected over 16 million worldwide and plunged various nations into recession. Read more »

Philippines told to prepare strategy as world seeks COVID-19 vaccine

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 07:33 PM

It will take at least one year to prepare a vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but the Philippines could soon prepare for its arrival, an official of the World Health Organization in the Philippines said Monday. Read more »