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US offers COVID vaccines to China to stem outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 07:10 AM

The United States on Tuesday offered to share vaccines with China to stem soaring Covid cases, saying containing the outbreak was in the interest of the world. Read more »

Univ. of Hong Kong, Sinopharm launch trial for omicron-targeting vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 03:21 PM

Some 500 Hongkongers have been recruited for clinical trial, out of which 100 have already received the new jabs. Lead researcher Professor Ivan Hung says the new vaccine could achieve a 60 to 70 percent overall protection rate. Read more »

NVOC hopes to rollout 2nd COVID booster shot soon

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 07:50 PM

Even as it awaits the final recommendation of the HTAC on the implementation of a 2nd booster shot against COVID-19, the NVOC said it hopes to start the rollout this week. Read more »

4th shot of Sinopharm jab won’t boost protection vs omicron: study

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 24 06:31 PM

A fourth shot of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine will not provide more protection against the omicron strain, a study has found. Read more »

Sinovac, Sinopharm effective against Delta variant: study

Reuters
Posted at Feb 01 07:42 AM

China's two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm, were shown to be effective against the Delta variant. Read more »

DOH to Sinopharm vaccine recipients: Wait for booster advice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 02:08 PM

Filipinos who were inoculated with Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine should wait for the advice of experts on which brand could be used for their booster shot, the DOH said. Read more »

'Sinopharm protein-based booster shot strong vs omicron'

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 10:24 AM

The study, which was published on Tuesday and had not been peer reviewed, came amid concerns over the effectiveness of Sinopharm's BBIBP-CorV shot, one of the two leading COVID-19 vaccines exported by China, against the Omicron variant. Read more »

'Sinopharm, Sinovac vaccines prevent severe illness'

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 08:55 PM

China’s widely used Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines will give some protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death from the Omicron variant despite declines in protective antibodies, a WHO official said on Tuesday. Read more »

Safety of China’s COVID-19 vaccines ‘widely recognized’

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 27 05:40 AM

Sinovac and Sinopharm jabs have made ‘positive contribution’ to building a protective barrier against the pandemic, says official. Read more »

Global hits, local heroes: COVID jabs around the world

Paul Ricard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 30 08:30 PM

Here is an overview of more than 20 approved COVID-19 vaccines currently in use, and a few that fell by the wayside. Read more »

Western COVID-19 vaccines arrive in 'trickles': gov't

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 03:21 PM

Malacañang said Western-made COVID-19 vaccines continue to arrive in trickles following a mayor's appeal to buy those instead of Chinese jabs. Read more »

PH to receive Moderna, Pfizer vaccines from September

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 09:49 AM

The Philippines will receive the remainder of its vaccine procurement from Sinovac and the bulk of its order from Pfizer and Moderna beginning September, an official said Monday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 20, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 12:27 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrive in PH

Robinson Niñal, Presidential Photo
Posted at Aug 20 11:54 PM

Health Sec. Francisco Duque III and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian place stickers on a crate containing COVID-19 jabs donated by China to the Philippines. Read more »

Pagbili ng COVID-19 vaccines ng ilang kompanya, LGU, nakabinbin pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 09:17 PM

Nakabinbin pa ang mga kasunduan para makabili ng dagdag na bakuna ang mga lokal na pamahalaan at pribadong kompanya. Read more »

Duterte to China: PH to 'stay neutral' in geopolitics

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 11:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday promised China the Philippines would 'stay neutral' when it came to geopolitcs. Read more »

PH receives over 739,000 China-donated Sinopharm jabs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 08:55 PM

The first batch of Sinopharm jabs is part of the 1 million donated shots from China, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said. Read more »

China to give PH add'l 1 million Sinopharm COVID-19 jabs - envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 01:14 PM

In a Facebook post, Ambassador Huang Xilian said the vaccines would arrive on Friday and Saturday. Read more »

100,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in PH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 07:22 PM

The Philippines on Wednesday received 100,000 donated COVID-19 vaccine doses from China-based Sinopharm, the first-ever from the brand. Read more »

Dominican Republic president gets third COVID-19 shot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 03:59 PM

The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader received a third COVID vaccine dose on Wednesday and urged the population of the tourism-reliant Caribbean nation to follow his example. Read more »