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Biden: Biggest vaccine donation 'supercharges' battle against coronavirus

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 11 11:29 AM

Biden cast the donation as a bold move that showed America recognized its responsibility to the world and to its own citizens. Read more »

ALAMIN: Saan, kanino ilalaan ang 2.2 milyong Pfizer vaccines mula COVAX

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 06:54 PM

Ang 2.2 milyong doses ng Pfizer vaccine ay para muna sa mga A1, A2, at A3 category, ayon kay vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.   Read more »

Davao Region gets additional 111,150 doses of Pfizer vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 04:26 PM

Davao Region on Thursday morning received an additional 111,150 doses of Pfizer vaccine as parts of Mindanao were experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases.   Read more »

PH welcomes 1 million more Sinovac COVID-19 shots

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 08:41 AM

The delivery came days after the government widened its inoculation drive to cover essential workers to curb coronavirus transmission and open up the economy.  Read more »

US buying 500 million doses of Pfizer COVID vaccine for world, report US media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 03:09 AM

The move came as the US faced pressure to do more about the global vaccine shortage, with rich countries having bought up the lion's share of early supplies. Read more »

FDA OKs use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for 12-17 years old

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 01:51 PM

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for minors as young as 12 years old, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Read more »

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and small number of myocarditis cases

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 09:02 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday it found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination. Read more »

Philippines to get 2.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 05:12 PM

The Philippines will get 2.2 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech next week from vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Vico Sotto skipped chance to be jabbed with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 08:36 PM

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday said he passed the chance to be inoculated with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine since it was in demand. Read more »

EU clears Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents

Pushkala Aripaka and Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at May 30 01:09 PM

The European Commission on Friday authorized Pfizer and partner BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the bloc after similar clearances in the United States and Canada. Read more »

Palace says gov't to buy more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for teens

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 05:58 PM

The Philippines will buy more COVID-19 vaccines for teenagers from US-based Pfizer-BioNTech, Malacañang said on Thursday, as the country's drug regulator is poised to allow more age groups to get the jabs. Read more »

Duterte warns LGUs against demanding exclusive supply of Pfizer vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 03:57 AM

Duterte on Wednesday warned local government officials against demanding that a specific brand of COVID-19 vaccines be exclusively supplied to them.   Read more »

Hong Kong could soon bin millions of unused vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 12:41 PM

Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of Coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs, an official warned Tuesday. Read more »

Philippines to get 40 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by Q3 of 2021: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:37 PM

About 40 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate are expected to be delivered to the Philippines by the third quarter of 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday. Read more »

Palace: Other than indigents, top 3 priority groups to get Pfizer COVID-19 shots from COVAX

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 04:47 PM

The top 3 priority groups in the country's vaccination drive will get COVID-19 shots, too, from US-based Pfizer-BioNTech, which the Philippines secured through vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, Malacañang said on Friday.    Read more »

Inoculation site sa Maynila para sa Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, dinagsa

Jekki Pascual at Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 03:01 PM

Dinagsa ang vaccination site sa Maynila kung saan Pfizer vaccine kontra COVID-19 ang ituturok sa mga residente ngayong Martes. Read more »

'Enthusiastic' elderlies troop to Parañaque mall as city begins Pfizer vaccination: official

Gillan Ropero and Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 04:40 PM

Hundreds of elderly Filipinos trooped to a Parañaque City mall on Monday as the local government began its inoculation with Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, alarming officials "over the obvious lack of social distancing." Read more »

Waiting to get vaxxed

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 01:37 PM

Medical frontliners wait in line to get a number as they hope to get their Covid-19 vaccine at the Sta Ana Hospital in Manila on Thursday.  Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine ng Pfizer sinimulan nang gamitin sa ilang lungsod

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 08:48 PM

Sinimulan ngayong Miyerkoles ang paggamit ng COVID-19 vaccine ng Pfizer sa ilang lungsod sa Metro Manila. Read more »

Pfizer vaccine effective against COVID-19 variants in Japan: study

Kyodo News
Posted at May 12 03:43 PM

Around 90 percent of those who received the vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. were found to have antibodies against the various COVID-19 variants detected in Japan, a university study showed Wednesday. Read more »