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S. Africa picks up first cases of coronavirus variant from India

Reuters
Posted at May 09 09:28 AM

South Africa's health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country.   Read more »

DOH nilinaw na 5 traveler lang mula India ang positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:19 PM

Nilinaw ng Department of Health ang bilang ng mga traveler mula India na nagpositibo sa COVID-19. Read more »

Nearly half of COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila linked to foreign variants: expert

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:56 PM

Nearly half of sequenced COVID-19 samples from Metro Manila are foreign variants of the virus, a member of the Philippines' vaccine expert panel said Thursday.   Read more »

Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 19 08:46 AM

LILONGWE, Malawi - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday fired Labor Minister Ken Kandodo for diverting $800 worth of Covid-19 funds to pay for a government trip, part of a wider embezzlement scandal. Read more »

Philippines, Brazil, Mexico among those due to get Pfizer shots from COVAX in Q2

Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 10:41 PM

GENEVA - Some 14.1 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to 47 countries and economies for delivery in the second quarter of this year, the Gavi Vaccine Alliance said on Monday. 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 »

South Africa sells AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to other African countries

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 06:53 AM

South Africa has concluded the sale of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines it had acquired but did not use to other African Union (AU) member states, the health ministry said on Sunday.   Read more »

DOH: Majority of P.3 variant cases came from Region 7

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 10:23 AM

Majority of coronavirus cases of the P.3 variant first detected in the Philippines were discovered in Central Visayas, a health official said Thursday. Read more »

Virus variants found to be deadlier, more contagious; some may thwart vaccines

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 07:02 AM

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.   Read more »

Novavax COVID vaccine highly effective against severe disease: company

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 12:53 PM

US biotech firm Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be 100 percent protective against severe cases of the disease, including hospitalization and death, the company said Thursday following trials.   Read more »

Mandaluyong COVID-19 cases double in 1 week, 2 infected with UK, S. African variants recover

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 07:45 AM

Coronavirus infections in Mandaluyong have doubled in one week, Mayor Menchie Abalos said Wednesday, with 2 patients diagnosed with the South African and UK COVID-19 variants already recovering from the illness.  Read more »

PH may 52 dagdag-kaso ng S. African variant ng COVID-19, 42 kaso ng 'mutations'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 08:20 PM

Naitala ngayong Biyernes ang 52 dagdag na kaso ng COVID-19 South African variant, ayon kay Health chief Francisco Duque III. Read more »

South Africa COVID-19 strain 'offers immunity against other variants'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 11:59 PM

JOHANNESBURG - A new study has shown that people previously infected by the COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa have better immunity against other coronavirus mutations, experts said Wednesday.    Read more »

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be ‘ineffective’ if PH fails to contain South African variant: expert

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 08:06 PM

Some 17 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that the Philippines have procured may become ineffective if the Philippines fail to contain the more contagious coronavirus variant that was first detected in South Africa, a group of experts warned Wednesday. Read more »

Rise in Metro Manila's COVID-19 cases may be due to coronavirus variants: OCTA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 08:51 AM

The continued rise of Metro Manila's COVID-19 cases might be due to the UK and South African coronavirus variants, the OCTA Research Group said Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines detects first cases of South Africa COVID-19 variant

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 09:47 AM

The Philippines has detected its first six cases of the more transmissible South Africa COVID-19 variant and additional cases of the UK coronavirus variant, the Department of Health said Tuesday. Read more »

Moderna S. Africa variant-specific vaccine ready for testing: company

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 08:53 AM

US biotech firm Moderna said Wednesday that doses of its new COVID-19 vaccine candidate aimed at the South African coronavirus variant had been shipped to the US National Institutes of Health for testing.   Read more »

JG Summit invests in South African digital bank Tyme

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 11:09 AM

JG Summit Holdings Inc said Tuesday it acquired shares in a South African digital bank Tyme in "one of largest" fintech foreign investmentsin the country.   Read more »

Africa COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000 after second wave

Reuters
Posted at Feb 19 12:39 PM

JOHANNESBURG - Africa's reported COVID-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 on Friday, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave of infections overwhelms hospitals. Read more »

Pfizer says South African variant could significantly reduce vaccine protection

Michael Erman, Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 06:59 AM

A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccine by two-thirds, and it is not clear if the shot will be effective against the mutation, the companies said on Wednesday. Read more »