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India starts huge vaccine drive as European rollout stutters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 07:37 AM

India kicked off one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives Saturday, as US drugs giant Pfizer moved to calm fears in Europe about delays to deliveries of their vaccine.    Read more »

Serbia receives 1 million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 12:20 AM

President Vucic was accompanied by Beijing's ambassador to the Balkan country at Belgrade's airport, as containers carrying the vaccines were unloaded from a plane. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy nurse sa California, may agam-agam sa pagpapabakuna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 07:37 PM

Marami, kabilang ang ilang Pinoy nurses sa California, ang may agam-agam umano sa pagpapabakuna.  Read more »

'Friend' China to donate 1 million vaccine doses to Cambodia: PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 02:50 PM

China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom's strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking "friend" Beijing for its generosity.  Read more »

CHR urges gov’t to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 02:02 PM

“Vaccines must be as accessible for Filipinos in urban cities as well as those situated in far-flung areas of the country where there is a known cluster of infected population," the CHR said. Read more »

From cathedral to vaccine center

Carl Recine, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 11:44 AM

People receive COVID-19 vaccines inside Lichfield Cathedral, which has been turned into an emergency vaccination centre, in Lichfield, Birmingham, Britain on Friday Read more »

Pfizer commits to deliver vaccines to PH at fair price

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 06:50 AM

During Friday's Senate hearing, Pfizer commits to give its COVID-19 vaccine to low-income countries like the Philippines at a not-for-profit price. That's as a Philippine official says the delivery of AstraZeneca's vaccine will be delayed. Read more »

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 »