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More Sinovac doses arrive in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 08:43 AM

MANILA - The Philippine government welcomed Thursday the arrival of another 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech. Read more »

500,000 Sinovac doses arrive in the Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 01:04 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Half a million doses of CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac BioTech, arrived in the Philippines Thursday morning. Read more »

500,000 doses ng Sinovac vaccine dumating sa gitna ng papaubos na suplay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 06:50 PM

Nitong Huwebes, dumating na sa bansa ang 500,000 doses ng bakunang gawa ng Sinovac Biotech na CoronaVac. Read more »

'Useful naman': FDA, DOH nagkomento sa 'mababang efficacy rate' ng Sinovac vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 11:25 PM

Tuloy ang pagbabakuna gamit ang CoronaVac, na ngayon ay puwede na ring iturok sa senior citizens. Read more »

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant -study

Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 05:34 PM

Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody responses against a new variant identified in Brazil, a small-sample lab study showed. Read more »

Sinovac says its COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective for health workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 04:39 AM

Chinese drugmaker Sinovac BioTech contradicts a recommendation by Philippine regulators against giving the company's COVID-19 vaccine to health workers. Read more »

Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine safe for health workers, elderly, says GM

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 11:01 AM

Although the company respects the Philippine regulator's recommendation, the general manager of Sinovac Biotech said Wednesday their COVID-19 vaccine is effective for health workers and the elderly. Read more »

Duterte says PH gov't cannot divulge contract price of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:16 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said his administration cannot divulge the details of the agreement it has with China's Sinovac Biotech for the procurement of its COVID-19 vaccines. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 13, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 04:09 PM

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

Duterte defends decision to buy China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 11:52 PM

Duterte claimed Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine is just as good as those made by other manufacturers. Read more »

Indonesia President Widodo receives coronavirus vaccine

Agus Suparto, Indonesian Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
Updated as of Jan 13 04:18 PM

Indonesian President Joko Widodo receives a shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday.  Read more »

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine induces quick immune response: study

Miyoung Kim and Roxanne Liu, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 08:00 AM

SINGAPORE/BEIJING - Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease, preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Brazil embraces Chinese COVID-19 vaccine after row

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 02:52 PM

Brazil's health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 to its national immunization program, despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it. Read more »

China's Sinovac vaccine is safe, Brazil institute says

Roxanne Liu and Anthony Boadle, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 01 12:11 AM

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial in Brazil, preliminary results have showed.  Read more »

China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use

John Geddie and Aradhana Aravindan, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 06 06:05 PM

China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said on Tuesday. Read more »

Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:06 AM

A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic.   Read more »