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(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that six cases of the South African variant or B.1.351, have been found in the country, while 30 more cases of B.1.1.7 variant or the so-called UK variant have been also recently detected. With the additional 30 cases of the UK variant, the number of UK variant cases in the country have now reached 87. Aside from this, “two additional cases with mutations of interest” […]
VMMC director cites studies showing Sinovac can prevent severe COVID-19 disease By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Six of those who received the Sinovac vaccines at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center were sent to the emergency unit of the hospital for observation after experiencing adverse reactions minutes after getting the shots. A 40-year old female employee felt dizzy and developed rashes five minutes after getting the vaccine. Another male utility employee […]
https://youtu.be/scA_iy6u2Dk (Eagle News) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III led the vaccination of health workers at the Lung Center of the Philippines on Monday, March 1 using China’s donation of Sinovac vaccines. Duque wanted to be among those vaccinated, but because of his age, 64, this precluded him from getting the Sinovac jab. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that granted the emergency use authorization (EUA) said that it is recommending the Sinovac vaccine, […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s testing czar Vince Dizon became the first member of the cabinet to get the Sinovac vaccine on Monday morning, March 1, and was followed by vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. The two officials are the first members of the Inter-Agency Task Force to get the Chinese-made Sinovac jab with the brand name Coronavac as the Philippines started its vaccine rollout on Monday. There was a simultaneous rollout in […]
(Eagle News) — Foreigners with valid visas but with expired re-entry permits may now renew them at the airport to re-enter the country, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to the bureau, the new rules contained in a memorandum issued on Thursday by bureau Commissioner Jaime Morente apply to foreigners who have been issued immigrant and non-immigrant visas and who are returning to the Philippines after being stranded abroad due to the pandemic. Morente said […]
PHL rollout begins with medical frontliners, testing czar Dizon also gets Sinovac (Eagle News) — The director of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Dr. Gerardo “Gap” Legaspi becomes the first person to be given the Sinovac vaccine in the country, as the Philippines begins is vaccination roll-out to defeat COVID-19. Legaspi said that he is also very thankful that vaccines had already arrived in the country. He said even his family members will get […]
PGH director becomes PHL first recipient of COVID-19 vaccine (Eagle News) — The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program officially kicked off on Monday, March 1, with several medical frontliners getting the jabs the government hopes will curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus amid the pandemic. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, the University of the Philippines’-Philippine General Hospital director, officially became the country’s first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine, a day after CoronaVac, the vaccine manufactured by Chinese […]
Duterte says China’s Sinovac donations will greatly help PHL economy (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte thanked China for its vaccine donations of 600,000 Sinovac doses to the country, after personally witnessing the vaccines’ arrival on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28. During the turn-over ceremonies at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Duterte said that he intends to make a “short visit to China” probably at the end of the year to personally thank […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country reached 576,352 on Sunday, Feb. 28, after the Department of Health reported 2113 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 29763 were active. Of these, percent 88.7 percent were mild, 5.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.6 percent were critical, 2.5 percent severe, and 0.93 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 534271, including the additional 9418 ones. The death toll rose to 12318, including the additional 29 ones. COVID-19 vaccine […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led Philippine officials in welcoming the arrival of the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines donated by China to the country. The vaccines from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. arrived in the Philippines onboard a Chinese military plane at the Villamor Air Base (VAB) in Pasay City on February 28. President Duterte also oversaw the offloading of the crates containing the vaccine doses during the ceremonial turnover of the CoronaVac donations to […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has approved the implementing rules and regulations for the Advanced Passenger Information System. The Bureau of Immigration said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra gave the approval for the IRR of the program, which aims to strengthen the country’s border security. The bureau said the IRR have also been published in a newspaper of general circulation. Under the APIS, the names and personal details of passengers and crew members shall be forwarded […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government’s Inter-Agency Task Force against Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the use of China’s Sinovac vaccines for health care workers. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the IATF approved the recommendation of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) Roque said that the Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Group is also giving medical frontliners the option to choose the vaccine they want. “Sinabi nga sa briefing ng DOH kasama […]
