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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 »

Makati begins use of Pfizer COVID-19 jabs

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 04:29 PM

The initial inoculation of the awaited vaccine brand to an expected 300 to 500 people the first day went smoothly, said the hospital's medical director Dr. Saturnino Javier. Read more »

WHO says 2.3-M doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in PH over next two months

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 10:10 PM

The World Health Organization gave its assurance that over two million more doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the Philippines soon. Read more »

US authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 08:06 AM

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old.   Read more »

PH receives its first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 12:29 AM

Nearly 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 jab made by Pfizer and BioNTech arrived in the Philippines. Read more »

Philippines receives 193,050 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Joyce Balancio and Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 12:34 AM

(UPDATE) The Philippines on Monday received 193,050 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, giving the country its 4th brand of jab against the coronavirus. Read more »

COVID-19 jab maker BioNTech to build SE Asia manufacturing site

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 03:57 PM

COVID-19 jab maker BioNTech said Monday it would build a Southeast Asia headquarters and manufacturing site in Singapore to produce hundreds of millions of mRNA-based vaccines per year. Read more »

193,000 Pfizer COVID-19 doses to arrive in the Philippines on Monday, first from brand

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 03:21 PM

MANILA — The Philippines will get its first delivery of 193,000 COVID-19 shots from from US biotech US-based Pfizer/BioNTech on Monday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed.  Read more »

PH to get 1.3M vaccine doses from COVAX, Pfizer jabs this month, says Galvez

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:52 AM

MANILA - Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said at least 1.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility will arrive in the Philippines this month. Read more »

US to authorize Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 for age 12 and up: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 12:30 PM

The US pharmaceutical giant said in late March it had submitted data from a clinical trial of 2,260 12- to 15-year-olds that showed the vaccine was highly effective and well-tolerated. Read more »

FDA warns public vs fake COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 12:48 PM

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against using falsified COVID-19 vaccines from Mexico after confirmation of the manufacturer to the World Health Organization. Read more »

South African variant may 'break through' Pfizer jab, but vaccine highly effective: Israeli study

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 19 06:56 AM

JERUSALEM (UPDATE) - The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can break through the protection provided by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found. However, the variant's prevalence in Israel is very low and the vaccine remains highly effective. Read more »

Vaccination nation: Lessons from Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 05:04 PM

According to the Israel’s Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz, the success of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout was a combination of many things — early access to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines plus ample supply of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca as well as robust public-health infrastructure to implement the mass vaccination plan. Read more »

Pfizer, BioNTech launch COVID-19 vaccine trial on kids under 12

Michael Erman, Reuters
Posted at Mar 26 02:28 AM

Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE began testing their COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12, with hopes of expanding vaccination to that age range by early 2022, the US drugmaker said on Thursday. Read more »

Israel gives COVID-19 vaccines to Filipino caregivers, students

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 11:55 AM

Israel has inoculated thousands of Filipino caregivers, students and diplomats currently in the Middle Eastern state against COVID-19, its embassy in the Philippines said Wednesday. Read more »

Japan sees high rate of anaphylaxis after taking Pfizer vaccine

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 10 03:31 PM

People in Japan who received Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine seem to have suffered anaphylaxis at a higher rate than in the United States and Europe, the minister in charge of vaccination efforts said Wednesday. Read more »

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Brazil variant in lab study

Michael Erman, Reuters
Posted at Mar 09 07:07 AM

The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was able to neutralize a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Brazil, according to a laboratory study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday.   Read more »

Japan receives third batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 01 11:10 AM

The third batch of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Japan on Monday as the country is preparing to expand its inoculation program for health-care workers. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine ng Pfizer, hindi na mangangailangan ng ultra-cold storage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 06:01 PM

Ayon sa US Food and Drug Administration, kayang tumagal ng Pfizer vaccine sa loob ng pharmaceutical freezer hanggang 2 linggo.  Read more »