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Philippines got COVID-19 shots 'at cost', overpricing claim 'hurtful': official

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Posted at Jan 21 05:25 PM

The Philippines got COVID-19 vaccines "at cost" of their development, an official leading the country's inoculation drive said on Thursday, adding that claims of overpricing in the deals were "hurtful." Read more »

Vaccine czar apologizes for saying Senate probe is politicized

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 04:41 PM

An official leading the country's inoculation drive apologized on Thursday for his previous statement that a Senate inquiry into the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines was being used for politics.  Read more »

Duterte need not explain taking COVID-19 vaccine in private: spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 03:28 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte need not explain his change of heart in deciding to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in private, Malacañang said on Thursday.  Read more »

Robredo camp tells Go: VP said she'd take COVID-19 shots weeks ago

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Posted at Jan 20 02:47 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo weeks ago committed to getting COVID-19 shots to boost public trust in the vaccine, her office said on Wednesday, after Sen. Bong Go this week dared her to get inoculated.  Read more »

Spokesman says Duterte thinks senators 'war-like' in COVID-19 vaccine probe; Sotto says 'imbento!"

Jamaine Punzalan and Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 02:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is puzzled over why senators were "war-like" as they looked into the government's vaccination drive against COVID-19, his spokesman said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Duterte orders disclosure of COVID-19 vaccine deals to Senate leader

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 07:29 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the disclosure of the prices of COVID-19 vaccines to Senate President Vicente Sotto III, whose colleagues are investigating the country's inoculation plan, an administration ally said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Emulating Queen Elizabeth: Palace says Duterte to take COVID-19 vaccine in private

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 04:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte "is taking the route" of the Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband to take the COVID-19 shots in private, said his spokesman.  Read more »

Palace questions Senate goal in COVID-19 vaccine probe

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Posted at Jan 19 03:41 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday questioned the Senate's motive in probing the country's COVID-19 vaccination drive, even as a lawmaker already denied political agenda in the inquiry.  Read more »

Philippines risks losing COVID-19 shots if prices revealed: official

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 02:09 PM

The Philippines risks losing COVID-19 vaccines if they prices are disclosed to the public by authorities, an official leading the inoculation drive, after lawmakers sought to know how much the country would pay for each jab. Read more »

Philippines to get 20 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine - Roque

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 07:04 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday that the Philippines will get 20 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, as the country pursues procurement deals with various drug firms. Read more »

Duterte's COVID-19 vaccination 'solely between him, his doctors'

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Posted at Jan 18 05:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's vaccination against COVID-19 is "solely between him and his doctors," his spokesman said on Monday, over calls that the Chief Executive be the first to get the jabs to build public confidence.  Read more »

‘Limited supply’: Roque stands by ‘hindi pwede pihikan’ remark on COVID-19 vaccines

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Updated as of Jan 18 10:33 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque on Monday stood by his “hindi pwede pihikan” advice for Filipinos as regards the COVID-19 vaccines they could take for free from the government, citing “limited supply”.   Read more »

Palace: 'New normal' areas 'approved in principle'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 04:03 PM

An inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response has "approved in principle" a "new normal" quarantine level for areas which have had no transmission of the respiratory disease for a while, Malacañang said on Monday.  Read more »

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine not yet a done deal? 'Wrong,' says Palace

Jamaine Punzalan and Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 09:40 PM

The Philippines has a "binding contract" with China for its COVID-19 vaccine, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said on Monday, refuting 2 officials' statement that supplies from Chinese vaccine developers were not yet a done deal. Read more »

Philippines includes UAE, Hungary in travel ban

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:43 PM

The government has banned until the end of the month the entry of foreign travelers from 32 other countries that reported the variant first detected in the UK. Read more »

'Tira nang tira, wala namang alam,' Duterte spokesman says of Sinovac critics

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:22 PM

Critics of the COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech are ignorant, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said on Friday, as Philippines lagged behind its regional counterparts is launching a mass inoculation drive.  Read more »

Philippines to get bulk of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jabs in 2022

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 02:04 PM

The Philippines will get the bulk of its COVID-19 vaccines from British drugs group AstraZeneca in 2022, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

Philippines expands contact-tracing efforts to combat new COVID-19 variant

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 12:15 PM

The Philippines is boosting its contact-tracing efforts to halt the spread of a new COVID-19 variant which experts warn could be more contagious than earlier counterparts, Malacañang said on Friday. Read more »

Philippines extends travel curbs until month-end over new COVID-19 variant

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 12:49 PM

The Philippines has extended until the end of the month a ban on travelers from 32 countries earlier included in the restriction to halt the spread of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant, Malacañang said on Friday. Read more »

Duterte: National recovery 'within sight' as Philippines secures COVID-19 shots

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 07:03 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is "within sight" as the Philippines secures vaccine jabs against the respiratory disease that has led to nearly a year-long lockdown and economic recession. Read more »