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PH envoy to China receives Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 09:16 PM

Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana has been inoculated against COVID-19 with the vaccine candidate of Sinopharm, he said Tuesday. Read more »

Immunity induced by Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine questioned after UAE offers booster shots

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 20 01:26 PM

United Arab Emirates and Bahrain say they will provide a third shot of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to people who completed the two-dose regimen six months ago. But expert suggests a third jab should be of a different product to improve the immune response. Read more »

FDA: Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine being assessed for emergency use in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 12:22 AM

MANILA - The emergency use authorization (EUA) application of COVID-19 vaccine developer Sinopharm is still being assessed by Philippine experts, but it can be finished by next week, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Read more »

Duque says DOH to seek emergency use clearance for Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 08:31 PM

MANILA — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has ordered his agency to file an emergency use authorization for Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine, so the country would not return the donated ones to China.   Read more »

UAE, China launch project to produce Sinopharm vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 06:31 AM

The United Arab Emirates and China on Sunday announced a venture to produce the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine in the Gulf nation, state media reported.   Read more »

CSC reiterates: Civil servants are not above the law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 10:05 AM

As a Philippine government official, there is perceived a conflict of interest in Tulfo's application as a Philippine distributor of the Chinese vaccine. Read more »

PH special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo says he applied to be Sinopharm vaccine distributor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 02:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo said he has applied to be a Philippine distributor of Sinopharm vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by a Chinese government-owned pharmaceutical company.   Read more »

Mon Tulfo admits getting Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine last year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 10:34 PM

An unabashed revelation by Philippine columnist Mon Tulfo. Read more »

2 OFWs vaccinated vs COVID-19 in UAE, Canada test positive for virus in PH

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 03:36 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)— Two overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who had been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines abroad have tested positive for the virus while in the Philippines, a health official said Thursday.    Read more »

China delivers 600,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses to ally Cambodia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 02:49 AM

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - China delivered 600,000 doses of its Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to ally Cambodia on Sunday, making the kingdom the latest country to use Chinese jabs despite concerns about their efficacy compared to Western alternatives.  Read more »

'We'll probably need all of them': FDA seeks 'basket of choices' of COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 04:34 PM

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would be good to have a "basket of choices" for COVID-19 vaccines as some may experience more adverse effects from the inoculation. Read more »

Pakistan to purchase 1.2-M COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 02:54 PM

Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday, the first official confirmation of a vaccine purchase by the South Asian country as it battles a second wave of infections. Read more »

China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 31 01:06 PM

China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter. Read more »

UAE says Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against COVID-19

Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 02:10 PM

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm has 86 percent efficacy against the virus, the United Arab Emirates health ministry said on Wednesday, citing an interim analysis of a human trial underway there.   Read more »