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(Eagle News) – Only the Chinese biotech firm Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine has so far passed the Philippine vaccine expert panel’s pre-screening for possible clinical trials in the country, according to the Food and Drug Administration. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that only the vaccine from Sinovac has passed the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) vaccine expert panel, while two other COVID-19 vaccines – one by Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen pharmaceuticals, and Sputnik […]
(Eagle News) – Religious and worship services can now be held up to 30 percent of the worship venue’s seating capacity in areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) including Metro Manila, according to Malacanang on Friday, Oct. 23. Before this announcement from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), the limit for religious services or gatherings was limited to 10 percent of the seating capacity of worship venues in GCQ areas. Palace […]
Strategically located cold storage facilities needed for vaccine distribution in PHL (Eagle News) – The Philippines is targeted as one of the priority countries that would receive COVID-19 vaccines from China once these have passed efficacy and clinical trial tests in China, aside from other countries in the ASEAN region, Malacanang said. In a Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that said that there are two vaccines from China that are now in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer expects to file for emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in late November, around two weeks after the November 3 US presidential election, it said Friday. The company said it hopes to move ahead with the vaccine after safety data is available in the third week of November, immediately lifting the company’s shares two percent in the US. “So let me be clear, assuming […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 351,000 mark on Friday, Oct. 16, after the Department of Health reported over 3,000 more cases. The DOH said of the 351,750 total cases, 50,354 were active. Of these, 84.7 percent were mild, 10.8 percent asymptomatic, 1.5 percent severe, and 3 percent critical. Of the 3139 newly-reported cases, 1003 were from Metro Manila, 206 from Cavite, 175 from Rizal, 138 from Laguna, and 126 from Iloilo. The […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that Russia plans to put up a pharmaceutical facility in the Philippines that would include the manufacture of their COVID-19 vaccines that would enable the country to have easier access to these vaccines. The Philippine leader announced this after his meeting with outgoing Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Malacanang. President Duterte conferred the order of Sikatuna to the Russian ambassador who paid a farewell […]
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France-Presse BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items such as banknotes and phones for up to 28 days in cool, dark conditions, according to a study by Australia’s national science agency. Researchers at CSIRO’s disease preparedness centre tested the longevity of SARS-CoV-2 in the dark at three temperatures, showing survival rates decreased as conditions became hotter, the agency said Monday. The scientists found that at 20 […]
(Eagle News) – The number of individuals tested in the country for COVID-19 have reached more than 3.87 million as of Sunday, Oct. 11, as the government tries to reach more Filipinos in its targeted mass testing campaign. Based on data from the Department of Health, there were 3,876,311 individuals who had themselves tested for COVID-19 in the country and 10.1 percent of them tested positive. Confirmed cases were 339,341 representing 0.31 percent of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is no longer contagious, nine days after being stopped in his tracks by Covid-19, his physician said in a statement released late Saturday. “I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s COVID PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others,” Sean Conley said in […]
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s coronavirus cases surged past seven million on Sunday, taking it ever closer to overtaking the United States as the world’s most infected country. Health ministry data showed a rise of almost 75,000 cases on Sunday, taking the total to 7.05 million, second only to the US which has recorded 7.67 million infections. Experts say that the true number may be much higher, […]
(Eagle News)–Ninety more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the recovery tally to 5,456 as of Friday night, Oct. 9. Fifty-one additional COVID-19 cases, however, were reported. With the additional cases, the tally rose to 6347. Of these, 871 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the death toll remains at 20. The PNP has inked an agreement with the Makati Medical Center to […]
Egie Asis Eagle News (Madrid, España)–Después de la reunión de ministros de hoy, el gobierno de España impuso el estado de alarma a la Comunidad de Madrid para evitar la expansión del coronavirus. La decisión se tomó después de tensiones políticas entre el gobierno central y el gobierno de la capital en cuanto a qué medidas se deberían tomar contra COVID-19. La presidenta de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, estaba en contra del estado de alarma. […]
