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COVAX to replace expired AstraZeneca jabs: adviser

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 12:34 PM

COVAX Facility will replace some 1 million expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots, a pandemic task force adviser said. Read more »

Second booster shot rollout by end of April: official

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 03:35 PM

Government will begin the rollout of second booster shots to vulnerable sectors by the end of the week at the earliest and next week at the latest. Read more »

Meta will block access to Russia's RT, Sputnik in EU

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 06:28 AM

Meta Platforms Inc, parent company of Facebook, will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the EU. Read more »

DOH: PH has enough Sputnik V vaccines for now

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 12:34 PM

In a televised public briefing, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the Philippines has enough COVID-19 shots of the Russian brand so far. Read more »

PH rolls out use of Sputnik Lite as COVID vaccine booster

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 03:13 PM

Russia's single dose vaccine Sputnik Light can now be used as a booster shot regardless of their primary vaccine, the Department of Health said Friday. Read more »

Persons who contracted COVID still need jabs, booster: experts

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 01:48 PM

Persons who have contracted COVID-19 still need vaccines and booster shots as various variants of concerns emerge, experts said Tuesday. Read more »

Sputnik V shows high omicron-antibody levels: study

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 25 01:50 PM

Omicron has pushed COVID-19 case figures to record highs in parts of western Europe and the US, but the variant has only now began to hit Russia. Read more »

Saudi Arabia OKs entry of tourists jabbed with Sputnik

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 12:06 PM

Saudi Arabia has granted approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik jab to enter the country in a move that will enable Muslims to take part in religious pilgrimages, the vaccine's developers said Sunday. Read more »

Russia to export nasal form of Sputnik COVID vaccine

Polina Nikolskaya and Anton Zverev, Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 11:07 PM

Russia announced progress in its Sputnik suite of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with a new version aimed at children and a nasal spray that President Vladimir Putin said he had taken as a booster. Read more »

PH welcomes first batch of Sputnik Light COVID shots

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:34 PM

The Philippines received its first-ever batch of Russia's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light. Read more »

COVID-19 booster shot para sa healthcare workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 07:30 PM

Sinimulan na ngayong araw ang pagbibigay ng COVID-19 booster shot sa mga fully-vaccinated healthcare workers. Read more »

Mahigit 2.8 milyong Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines dumating na

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 11:47 PM

MAYNILA - Sa pagdating sa Pilipinas ng karagdagang higit 2.8 million Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses na binili ng gobyerno, nanawagan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga Pilipino na magpabakuna na. Read more »

Over 2.8 million more Sputnik V COVID jabs arrive in PH

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 09:51 PM

The flight carrying the Sputnik V jabs arrived at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Monday evening. Read more »

2.7 million more Sputnik V doses arrive in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 05:18 PM

The Philippines on Tuesday received 2.7 million more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute, the single-largest shipment of the said product to the country. Read more »

COVID affects 70 Pinoys in Russia since 2020: official

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 11:27 AM

Around 70 Filipinos have contracted COVID-19 in Russia since the start of the pandemic last year, an official said Thursday. Read more »

Chinese hypersonic test like ‘Sputnik moment’: US general

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 05:31 AM

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley confirmed for the first time the Chinese test of a missile that would be very difficult to defend against. Read more »

1.4 million more doses of Pfizer, Sputnik jabs arrive in PH

Lady Vicencio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 12:38 AM

The boost to the country's COVID-19 vaccine chest arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Thursday night. Read more »

720,000 Sputnik V COVID-19 jabs arrive in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 05:22 PM

A total of 360,000 doses will be used for first dose, while another 360,000 shots are meant for 2nd doses, the COVID national task force said. 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 »

Sputnik V 2nd dose, sinimulan nang iturok sa Navotas

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 09:20 AM

Magsisimula na ngayong araw ang pagtuturok ng second dose ng Sputnik V vaccine sa Navotas matapos ang halos 3 buwan na paghihintay. Read more »