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International COVID-19 vaccine poll shows higher mistrust of Russia, China shots

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 11:27 PM

People across the world are generally likely to say yes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but would be more distrustful of shots made in China or Russia than those developed in Germany or the United States, an international poll showed on Friday. Read more »

DOLE urges prioritization of minimum wage earners, OFWs in COVID vaccine drive

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 11:00 PM

MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is urging the national government to include minimum wage earners among sectors that will be prioritized in the vaccination against COVID-19. Read more »

Binay: Even if it arrives in PH, Sinovac vaccine can't be used without EUA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 10:46 PM

An EUA will allow a vaccine to be imported, distributed and administered in the country through a national immunization program. Read more »

Senators query PH government's preference for China vaccine after new efficacy data

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 15 10:39 PM

"There are other vaccines with a much higher efficacy at lower, if not more competitive, cost. Why are we insisting that we buy Sinovac?" Senator Franklin Drilon asked members of the government's coronavirus task force. Read more »

Biden chooses former FDA chief Kessler to help lead US vaccine drive

Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 10:15 PM

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to help lead the COVID-19 vaccine push, his transition team said on Friday. Read more »

SMEs told to coordinate with DTI for COVID-19 vaccines

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:51 PM

MANILA - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seeking to get COVID-19 vaccines for their employees can coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. said Friday. Read more »

World leaders na nagpaturok ng COVID-19 vaccine nadagdagan pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 PM

Nadagdagan pa ang mga heads of state na nagpabakuna laban sa COVID-19.  Read more »

Mandaluyong starts COVID-19 vaccine info drive

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 09:29 PM

Abalos explained that there is a need to educate people about the whole vaccination process. Recent surveys have earlier revealed the public’s hesitancy to join the government's vaccination drive.   Read more »

France says pharma giant Sanofi could make rivals' Covid vaccines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:14 PM

Sanofi, France's biggest pharmaceutical company, could help produce foreign-developed Covid-19 vaccines pending the launch of its own vaccine, which will not be ready for months, a government minister said Friday. Read more »

Gobyerno posible pang umatras sa Sinovac deal, ayon sa ilang opisyal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 09:13 PM

Posible pang umatras o hindi matuloy ang pagbili ng gobyerno ng Sinovac vaccine mula China. Read more »

'Bakunang ipadadala sa malalayong lugar ibabatay sa storage requirement'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:53 PM

Ibabatay sa storage requirements at hindi sa efficacy rate kung anong bakuna ang maipapadala sa malalayong lugar. Read more »

Sinovac nanindigan: Epektibo, abot-kaya ang bakuna namin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:23 PM

Iginiit ng kinatawan ng Sinovac na epektibo ang kanilang bakuna. Ito ay sa gitna ng mga puna ukol dito. Read more »

Ilang kompanya gusto pang humabol sa AstraZeneca vaccine deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 07:53 PM

Aabot umano sa 50 kompanya ang mga gusto pang humabol at um-order ng bakuna.  Read more »

Vaccine candidates Pfizer, AstraZeneca lead DOST ranking on efficacy, safety

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:31 PM

Novavax and Sinovac ranked third and fourth, respectively, according to DOST’s vaccine panel.    Read more »

China envoy confirms delivery of Sinovac vaccines in PH 'as early as next month'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:32 PM

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China-backed pharmaceutical company Sinovac may arrive "as early as next month," Beijing's envoy confirmed Friday, as he cited "new era of partnership" between the two countries amid the pandemic.  Read more »

DOH: Pregnant women, people with pre-existing illness may qualify for Pfizer COVID vaccine

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:11 PM

The Department of Health on Friday said most adults can receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines but those under 16 years old cannot. Read more »

Group urges gov't to vaccinate 11 million farmers vs COVID-19 using meat tariff funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 05:40 PM

MANILA - An agricultural group on Friday urged the government to vaccinate around 11 million farmers against COVID-19 using funds from its collection of deboned meat tariff.   Read more »

'Tira nang tira, wala namang alam,' Duterte spokesman says of Sinovac critics

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:22 PM

Critics of the COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech are ignorant, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said on Friday, as Philippines lagged behind its regional counterparts is launching a mass inoculation drive.  Read more »

Philippines to get bulk of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jabs in 2022

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 02:04 PM

The Philippines will get the bulk of its COVID-19 vaccines from British drugs group AstraZeneca in 2022, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

German vaccine institute praises efficacy of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine

Ludwig Burger, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 01:49 PM

The head of Germany's vaccine regulator on Thursday described the success rate of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as excellent, after some Australian scientists voiced skepticism about its efficacy. Read more »