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Specially formulated Pfizer vaccines for young kids might arrive by the end of January 2022 (Eagle News) – Vaccines to be used for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 could be delivered before the end of the month but the vaccination of this age group could experience delays, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Galvez, the chief implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, said that the vaccines for minors […]
Malacanang appeals to unvaccinated seniors to get COVID-19 jabs citing data that most COVID deaths are among the elderly (Eagle News) – Some three million Filipino senior citizens or those 60 years and above have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19, the Palace said. This is part of the targeted population which should be vaccinated the soonest possible time because of the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases suspected to be propelled by the highly […]
(Eagle News) — The United States donated an additional 2.7 million Pfizer vaccine doses to the country which were delivered on Sunday, January 9. The additional 2,703,870 Pfizer doses were donated by the US government through the COVAX facility. As of Monday, January 10, 2022, over 22.7 million Pfizer doses have been delivered to the country through the facilitation of the US government, while 40 million were procured by the Philippine government bringing to […]
PHL FDA chief says EUA granted to Pfizer for administration to kids aged 5 to 11; vaccination could start in January next year depending on supplies (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 years old in the country. FDA Director-General Undersecretary Eric Domingo said that they have already approved the emergency use authority (EUA) for the administration […]
“No country can boost its way out of the pandemic,” warns WHO chief LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The WHO warned Wednesday that rich countries cannot use boosters to escape the coronavirus and France became one of the first nations to vaccinate children over five, as nations scrambled to contain Omicron surges. China meanwhile cracked down on the latest outbreak of the virus, shutting down a whole city. And Britain, which reported a record […]
Considered as the largest single donation of Pfizer vaccines to the PHL from the 500 million doses made available by US The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, donated an additional 3,400,020 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its continuing worldwide effort to help end COVID-19. The vaccines, delivered in two separate shipments to Manila on December 20 and 21, were part […]
COVID-19 positivity rate down to below 1 percent for the first time (Eagle News) – The Department of Health recorded only 235 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, December 14, with 780 new recoveries and only 10 new deaths. The 235 new COVID cases on Tuesday represented a new record low for virus cases reported in a single day for this year. Because of this, the total active COVID-19 cases have gone down to just […]
(Eagle News) – Pfizer-BioNTech has already submitted its application for emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of its vaccines to children aged 5 to 11 years old, and is now being evaluated by the Philippine vaccine experts’ panel, according to Food and Drug Administration chief Undersecretary Eric Domingo. Pfizer’s application has already been forwarded to the country’s vaccine experts for their evaluation as of late last week. Domingo said that Pfizer claims its […]
Positivity rate down to just 1.1 percent as COVID deaths breach 50K (Eagle News) – The Philippines’ total active COVID-19 cases went further down to just 11,373 as only 356 new cases were reported on Saturday, December 11, with new recoveries reaching 878 or more than double the new cases. According to the Department of Health (DOH), the country’s positivity rate has also gone down to just 1.1 percent, a new record low. The […]
“Evushield” to be used only for those who have a weakened immune system or those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities on Wednesday authorized the use of synthetic antibodies developed by AstraZeneca to prevent Covid-19 infections in people who react badly to vaccines. It was the first time the Food and Drug Administration has given emergency authorization for such a purely preventative treatment. The FDA […]
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Omicron does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants, and is “highly unlikely” to fully dodge vaccine protections, a top WHO official told AFP Tuesday. Speaking to AFP, the World Health Organization’s second-in-command, said that while a lot remained to be learned about the new, heavily mutated variant of Covid-19, preliminary data indicated it did not make people sicker than […]
(Eagle News) – Starting Friday, December 3, all fully vaccinated adults are eligible to receive COVID-19 booster shots, according to the Department of Health. In its advisory issued on Thursday, December 2, the DOH said that Filipinos 18 years old and above who received their primary COVID-19 vaccines can be given either homologous or heterologous boosters. Those who got Sinovac could be given a homologous Sinovac booster, or another vaccine brand –- AstraZeneca, Pfizer […]
