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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – South Africa’s medicines regulatory authority says it has recorded two fatal cases of the rare Guillain-Barre syndrome in people who had received a Johnson & Johnson Covid jab. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) reported its first case in August and the second on Monday. “SAHPRA has been informed of a second fatal case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) following vaccination with the Covid-19 vaccine Janssen,” it said in […]
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 police personnel remain unvaccinated for COVID-19, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, the 1,040 personnel who have no COVID-19 shots constitute 0.45 percent of the total 225,676 policemen. The PNP said they remain unvaccinated for “no valid reason.” The police organization said these unvaccinated policemen are required to present an RT-PCR result test that yields negative results to report to work, and shall submit this every two […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government on Friday, Sept. 3, approved the emergency use of the Moderna vaccine on adolescents aged 12 to 17. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo said the amendment in the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use was approved “after a thorough evaluation by our vaccine experts and our regulatory experts in FDA.” According to Domingo, experts agreed that because of the Delta variant, the benefits of getting adolescents […]
(Eagle News) – Over 500,000 Sinovac vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. The Bureau of Customs said the vaccine doses consigned to the Department of Health arrived via flight no. PR 361 from Beijing, China. The vaccines underwent pre-arrival clearance process through NAIA One-Stop-Shop and were cleared for release within 15 minutes. The shipment was immediately transferred to the Metropac facility “to ensure the integrity and security of the vaccines prior to distribution,” […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. The WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask in order to suppress the pandemic, which has upended normal life around the globe […]
