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Says EU trying to “hostage” AstraZeneca vaccines produced in European bloc (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte noted how the European Union (EU) had been pressuring Oxford-AstraZeneca on its vaccine supplies, as the European bloc threatened to block AstraZeneca vaccine exports outside EU. Duterte noted that this was just the way it is: rich countries will try to hog vaccines as supplies dwindle. Countries where the vaccines are manufactured will also naturally have the […]
Over 9.4-M vaccine doses to arrive under WHO’s COVAX Facility by second quarter (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that around 5.6 million vaccine doses from Pfizer and AstraZeneca would be arriving in the country this first quarter, with the first batches to arrive this February in preparation for the Philippines mass vaccination drive against COVID-19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this on Monday, Feb. 1, saying that this was the “very good news” he wanted […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Embassy in Myanmar is urging all Filipinos there to “remain calm and to stay at home” after a military coup on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 that saw the country’s State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi being detained, along with other top civilian officials. As the military announced a state of emergency for 12 months, civilian government was effectively replaced by military rule headed by Myanmar […]
(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines which it had earlier approved are about to begin in the country. These are the Phase 3 clinical trials for the vaccines developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson and Johnson, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, and Sinovac. “So wala na po tayong pending ngayon na mga applications for clinical trials with FDA, and all these three clinical trials have been […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health said that it has created “vaccine operation centers” nationwide in preparation for the arrival of vaccines against COVID-19. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the DOH has also set up the vaccine operation centers in all of the DOH’s regional offices, and have also downloaded the needed readiness assessment tools for all local government units. With these tools, Vergeire said that they can assess gaps in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he was just taking precautionary measures when he decided to reverse the earlier resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases on regarding the easing of restrictions for children aged 10 to 14 years in Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) areas. The 75-year old Philippine leader, who is also a doting grandfather, said that it is best to be extra careful especially with the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to all Filipinos to strictly follow minimum health protocols such as wearing of face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing amid the entry of the highly infectious B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 virus that was first detected in the United Kingdom. The 75-year old Philippine leader noted the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, which have now reached more than 500,000. If the situation worsens, the […]
PHL is 2nd ASEAN country with most COVID-19 cases after Indonesia (Eagle News) – The Philippines has dropped to no. 32 among countries with the most number of COVID-19 cases from 19th place four months ago. This was according to the virus dashboard of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Monday, Jan. 25. The country has 513,619 COVID-19 cases and 10,242 deaths as of that date. Even the Philippine government has observed that the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted to completely decommission all Huey helicopters in the Philippine Air Force’s inventory because of their frequent involvement in fatal crashes. He also said that he wanted to procure six or seven new helicopters for the Air Force in light of the recent chopper crashes that had killed soldiers, and injured several more including top police officers among them former Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa […]
Around 200,000 vaccine doses from COVAX facility to arrive by late February (Eagle News) – About 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, “most likely Pfizer” will be coming into the country by February based on the COVAX facility of the World Health Organization, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Answering questions at the Senate hearing, Galvez said that the COVAX facility has pledged a total of 40 million vaccine doses for the Philippines which will […]
(Eagle News) — Individuals coming from countries with travel restrictions will have to undergo a second RT-PCR test on their fifth day of quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the new requirement for people coming from or transiting through the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Australia, Israel, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, Canada, Spain, the United States, Portugal, India, Finland, Norway, Jordan, […]
Says US has shown world how it is an “exemplar” for democracy (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte greeted the 46th United States President Joe Biden and his Vice-President Kamala Harris on Thursday, January 21, shortly after the inauguration of the top US officials, saying that the Philippines is looking forward to continuing its “long-standing partnership with the United States.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this in a press briefing Monday, Jan. 21. “Our President, […]
