Tag: vaccines

Malacanang defends PHL gov’t’s bilateral negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine acquisition

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang defended the Philippine government’s bilateral negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine acquisition for the country, saying that almost all countries are doing the same thing. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that with the current global health emergency on the virus pandemic, the centralized acquisition of vaccines through the government is needed to systematize the procedure and to get the best possible deal. “Una, bakit gobyerno ang nag-aangkat ng bakuna? Well, tatandaan natin […]

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Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil approves AstraZeneca, Sinovac jabs

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — The global Covid-19 vaccination drive gained pace Sunday as Brazil gave its first injections and India pushed on with its massive campaign, while European authorities sought to allay concerns about delays in supplies. Brazil’s health regulator gave the green light for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and China’s CoronaVac to be used as the Latin American giant suffers a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. Monica […]

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China to donate one million Sinovac vaccine doses to Cambodia: PM

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom’s strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking “friend” Beijing for its generosity. Cambodia has long been a staunch ally of Beijing, receiving billions of dollars in soft loans and investment from China. While many countries reacted early in the pandemic by closing its borders to Chinese travellers, Hun Sen refused, and even travelled to Beijing […]

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More than 2 million COVID-19 deaths worldwide as cases top 93.5 million — Johns Hopkins data

  (Eagle News) — The total number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide surpassed two million as global confirmed cases reached 93.5 million, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, Philippine Standard Time, the total confirmed coronavirus deaths around the world have reached 2,003,625 while COVID-19 cases reached 93,580,828. This comes amid rising number of COVID-19 virus mutations that are more infectious than previous strains, prompting the World Health […]

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Germany hits 2 million infections as WHO tackles new strains

  by Agence France Presse bureaus FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany on Friday passed two million coronavirus cases as a World Health Organization emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the disease. The surge in Europe’s biggest economy comes as the global death toll from the pandemic approaches two million and many countries double down on virus restrictions, with vaccination drives still in their […]

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Turkey launches vaccination drive with China’s Sinovac after trials there showing 91.25% efficacy

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish doctors and nurses rolled up their sleeves on Thursday as the nation of 83 million people launched a coronavirus vaccination drive with China’s Sinovac jab. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca received the first shot of CoronaVac live on television after formally approving the vaccine Wednesday despite contradictory data about its efficacy rate. Preliminary studies involving more than 7,000 volunteers in Turkey showed CoronaVac to be 91.25 percent effective. But a […]

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UK to trial 24-hour Covid vaccinations

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain will make appointments for coronavirus vaccinations available 24 hours-a-day “as soon as we can”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday, reversing his opposition to the idea. Johnson had just days ago brushed off calls from the main opposition Labour party for night-time opening of vaccine centers, arguing there was “no clamour” for it. But the government has come under increasing pressure to speed up its vaccination program, and is […]

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Quezon City announces securing 1.1 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca

(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government announced that the city will “receive an initial 1.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine” against COVID-19 after signing a tripartite agreement with the national government and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines. Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte said that the additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will be coming by the third quarter of this year. This is an increase from the previous 750,000 doses that it had initially ordered for […]

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Manila city gov’t starts building its own storage facility for COVID-19 vaccines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZvvSXZ0pDw&feature=youtu.be   (Eagle News) — Manila City mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced the city has started to build its vaccine storage facility in preparation for its roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19. Mayor Domagoso said that the facility can accommodate various COVID-19 vaccines. He had also approved the purchase by the city government of 12 refrigeration systems and 50 units of transport coolers for COVID-19 vaccines. “We are building already the storage facility…. while we […]

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Palace says first COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in February will be 65k doses from Sinovac

Roque says PHL to get a total of 25 million vaccine doses from Sinovac in 2021 (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the first COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive next month would be coming from Sinovac, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company that produces vaccines against infectious diseases. In a media briefing, Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that at least 65,000 doses of Sinovac’s vaccines will be arriving in the country by February, which means that 65,000 […]

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WHO rules out Covid herd immunity this year

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Scientists at the World Health Organization warned Monday that mass vaccinations would not bring about herd immunity to the coronavirus this year, even as one leading producer boosted its production forecast. England meanwhile launched the first of its mass-inoculation sites in major cities, racing to get ahead of the rapid spread of a new strain of the disease there. The pandemic has infected more than […]

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WHO vaccine trial to start in Metro Manila by end of January or early Feb. for 15k volunteers

  (Eagle News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trial is set to begin by the end of January or at the start of February in the Philippines where 15,000 are targeted to participate in Metro Manila alone, the Philippine government said. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will be the lead agency in the WHO Solidarity Trial, while 11 other hospitals are also participating. DOST Rowena […]

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