Pfizer had ended its clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine with 95% efficacy. Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said that the final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective Also, Pfizer said that it had the required two months of safety data and will apply for an emergency use authorization … Read more
OPPO Launched COVID-19 Computer Aided Detection Research Platform during INNO Day 2020. OPPO officially launched its COVID-19 Computer-Aided Detection Research Platform at the the first day of its INNO Day 2020 event. According to OPPO, the said platform was used in order to detect COVID-19 cases and boasted an accuracy of 99.67 percent. Gizmochina reported … Read more
Poor Farmer Claims He Did Not Get Assistance from Government After Typhoon Rolly Destroyed his Livelihood A poor farmer expressed his sentiments for failing to receive help from the government after Typhoon Rolly destroyed his livelihood. Over the past few week, different regions in the Philippines particularly in Luzon has been struck by series of … Read more
DOH COVID-19 update as of November 18, 2020 The Department of Health (DOH) gave an update about its latest COVID-19 tally as of 4:00 p.m. of November 18, 2020. According to its COVID-19 Case Bulletin #249 dated November 18, 2020, the Department of Health recorded 1,383 newly-reported COVID-19 cases. This brought the total number of confirmed cases of … Read more
Immigration Airport Personnel ‘No Vacation Leave’ During Holiday Season, According to Bureau of Immigration The Bureau of Immigration announced that its airport personnel will be prohibited to take vacation leave during the holiday season. On Wednesday (November 18, 2020), the Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said that Immigration port personnel would be prohibited to take vacation … Read more
De Lima: “Duterte’s sickening misogyny is beyond reputation” Opposition senators Leila De Lima and Francis Pangilinan expressed their support to Vice President Leni Robredo after the “meltdown” of President Rodrigo Duterte. Earlier, Robredo received searing remarks from Duterte in his latest public address. But on Wednesday, two opposition senators; Pangilinan and De Lima expressed their … Read more
Pangilinan: “No, that would be legally infirm” Senator Francis Pangilinan reacted to President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement after he threatened to cut government funding for the University of the Philippines (UP). According to the incumbent senator, defunding the country’s national university would be “legally infirm.” Recently, Duterte threatened to defund the University of the Philippines amid … Read more
Galvez backed Duque’s proposal to issue EUA for COVID-19 vaccines In the Philippines. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque’s proposal for the issuance of the emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. This, as Galvez — the chief implementer of the government’s action plan to fight the coronavirus … Read more
Duque proposed EUA for COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had proposed the emergency use of COVID-9 vaccines once arrived in the Philippines in order to speed up the processing of their regulatory approval. On Tuesday night, Duque asked President Duterte in a meeting on the government’s pandemic response to allow … Read more
US FDA was set to make EUA data public for COVID-19 vaccines. The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) on Tuesday said that it would make public reviews of all data and information about the emergency use authorization (EUA) granted to COVID-19 vaccines. In a statement, US FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said that … Read more