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‘Ginagawa kaming lab rats’: Grupo ng BPO, magsasaka tutol na unang turukan ng Sinovac

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:11 PM

Tutol ang grupo ng mga BPO workers at magsasaka na mauna silang turukan ng COVID-19 vaccine.  Read more »

Ginawang barter? Hirit na mag-deploy ng nurse kapalit ng bakuna sa Europe tinutulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 09:10 PM

Umaalma ang ilang grupo sa hirit ng Department of Labor and Employment na magpadala ng nurse abroad kapalit ng donasyong COVID-19 vaccine.  Read more »

'Mismanagement' to blame for delay in COVID-19 vaccines arrival, says Drilon

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 03:48 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday said the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the country was delayed because of mismanagement and not solely because of the lack of an indemnity law. Read more »

WHO, drug firms to cover costs for side effects in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials— official

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 08:31 AM

MANILA— The World Health Organization and vaccine firms will cover medical expenses in case some volunteers to their respective clinical trials experience side effects from COVID-19 jabs, a Department of Science and Technology official said Saturday.  Read more »

Pagdating sa PH ng unang batch ng Pfizer vaccines bahagyang maaantala

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 08:18 PM

Ayon kay vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., inaasahang darating ito sa ikatlo o ikaapat na linggo ng Pebrero.  Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine ng AstraZeneca, OK na para sa emergency use: FDA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 06:55 PM

Tatlong linggong in-evaluate ang bakuna, na may 70 porsiyentong efficacy rate sa unang dose.  Read more »

Ilang LGUs naghahanda nang magturok, tumanggap ng COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 06:57 PM

Ito ay habang hinihintay ang suplay ng COVID-19 vaccine sa kani-kanilang lungsod.  Read more »

Russia’s Gamaleya Institute applies for COVID-19 vaccine emergency use but documents incomplete — FDA

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 09:26 PM

MANILA — The Philippine Food and Drug Administration on Friday confirmed that Russia's Gamaleya Institute has filed for emergency use authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine but would still need to file lacking documents. Read more »

DOH: Efficacy rate ng SinoVac pasok sa standards ng WHO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 06:36 PM

Iginiit ng Department of Health na pasok ang COVID-19 vaccine na SinoVac mula Tsina sa minimum 50-percent efficacy rate na itinakda ng ilang eksperto, gaya ng World Health Organization, sa gitna ng mga agam-agam na mababa ang antas nito.   Read more »

LGUs may procure COVID-19 vaccine supply for those not on priority list: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 11:28 PM

MANILA - Local government units may augment the country's eventual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines allotted for their areas to cover those not on the priority list, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Saturday.   Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine talks ng PH, Pfizer tuloy; posibleng ikasa sa Disyembre o Enero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 06:26 PM

Ayon kay vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., nasa advanced stage na ang negosasyon at posibleng magkasundo sila ngayong Disyembre o Enero. Read more »

US FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 12 11:50 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in the United States where the pandemic has killed more than 292,000 people.   Read more »

FDA: AstraZeneca, with data complete, cancels clinical-trial application in PH

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 06:21 PM

UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has withdrawn its application to conduct clinical trials in the country.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Prosesong daraanan ng mga bakuna kontra COVID-19 bago ipagamit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 11:10 PM

May ilang pagdadaanan pang pagbusisi at regulasyon ang mabibiling bakuna kontra coronavirus disease.  Read more »

Philippines eyes portfolio of potential vaccines vs COVID-19

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 05:06 PM

The Philippines is looking into building a portfolio of potential vaccines against the novel coronavirus, an official spearheading the country's COVID-19 inoculation program said Friday, as it set to sign a supply deal of 2 million doses with British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccines offer hope as world leaders plan for future

AFP bureaus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 03:07 PM

Hopes over COVID-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient.  Read more »

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show

Kate Holton, Josephine Mason and Kate Kelland, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 23 08:24 PM

(UPDATE) AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine could be around 90% effective, giving the world another weapon to fight the global pandemic and potentially cheaper to make, easier to distribute and faster to scale-up than rivals. Read more »

'Critical milestone': Pfizer/BioNTech seek first COVID-19 vaccine approval in US

Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 11:09 AM

US biotech giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech sought approval Friday to roll out their coronavirus vaccine early, a first step towards relief as surging infections prompt a return to shutdowns that traumatized nations and the global economy earlier this year.  Read more »

AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 04:22 PM

A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University produced a strong immune response in older adults, giving hope it may protect some of those most vulnerable to the disease. Read more »

Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 01:23 PM

Hailed this week as a pandemic game-changer, the new COVID-19 vaccine offered countries that had pre-ordered doses a potential escape from a cycle of lockdowns and new waves of sickness and death. Read more »