Manila City Gov’t Announces Cancellation Of All Chinese New Year Events

Chinese New Year

Manila City government announced the cancellation of all Chinese New Year events. The Manila City government announced the cancellation of all Chinese New Year events for the year 2021 because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Under Executive Order No. 4, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Friday said that the February 11-12 … Read more

PRC To Start Saliva Tests For COVID-19 In Bacolod City On February 2

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PRC would start offering saliva tests for COVID-19 in Bacolod City on February 2, 2021. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) would start offering saliva tests for COVID-19 in Bacolod City starting Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Accoding to PRC Governor Jay Jalandoni, Bacolod could conduct 1,440 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests a day using saliva … Read more

Novavax Vaccine Highly Effective ‘But Not Against South Africa Variant’ — Report

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective “but not against South Africa variant”, according to a report. A vaccine developed by Novavax was highly effective in preventing COVID-19 but wasn’t effective against the South Africa COVID-19 variant, according to a report. In a report on Inquirer, Novavax’s positive news — announcing that its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine … Read more

Isko Moreno to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Public

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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno announced on Friday that he will be vaccinated against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in public. According to him, he will be among the first to be vaccinated when the inoculation starts in the country. In an interview, he said: “We made that commitment a few months ago. Gagawin namin ‘yun … Read more

DOST: PH Awaits Submission Of Requirements By Bharat Biotech For Vaccine trial

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DOST disclosed that the Philippine government was awaiting the submission of requirements by Bharat Biotech for a vaccine trial. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday disclosed that the Philippine government was awaiting the submission of requirements by Bharat Biotech for the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. According to DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña, … Read more

Tim Yap’s Party: Guests to be Fined for Violating Covid-19 Protocols, LGU to Investigate Mayor

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Attendees during the grand birthday celebration of Tim Yap in Baguio City who violated the COVID-19 protocols will be fined. It was on January 17 when the renowned event organizer celebrated his 44th birthday at the City of Pines. His grand birthday celebration was attended by some of the well-known personalities such as KC Concepcion … Read more

Novavax: COVID-19 Vaccine “89.3% Effective” In UK Trial

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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine “89.3% effective” in UK clinical trial. Novavax Inc on Thursday said that its COVID-19 vaccine was 89.3% effective in preventing the coronavirus disease in a clinical trial conducted in the UK. According to a preliminary analysis, Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was “nearly as effective” in protecting against the more highly-contagious coronavirus variant first … Read more