US FDA was set to authorize COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. The Food and Drug Administration in the United States (US FDA) on Friday said that it was rapidly working to issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. This, as the New York Times reported that the “green … Read more
DOH Reacts To Russian Sputnik V Warning To Vaccine Takers DOH REACTS TO RUSSIAN VACCINE – Russia’s Vaccine Candidate, Sputnik V, has become one of the top contenders in the vaccine race. However, upon going public, the Russian government asked takers of the vaccine not to drink alcohol before and after getting immunized. This sparked … Read more
AstraZeneca and Oxford University became the first vaccine makers to publish final stage COVID-19 vaccine trial results. AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Tuesday became the first COVID-19 vaccine makers to publish their final-stage clinical trial vaccine data in a scientific journal. This, as it cleared a key hurdle in the global race in order to … Read more
Nurse who administered the COVID-19 vaccine to the first patient in UK was a Filipina. The first health care worker who administered the approved coronavirus vaccine to the first patient in United Kingdom was a Filipina nurse. Based on a report on Interaksyon, May Parsons — a Filipina nurse who had worked for National Health … Read more
Australia and China would give COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines, according to vaccine czar Galvez. Vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday announced in a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte that Australia and China would give COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. “Maganda po na yung mga bansa ay nakabili ng more than their population … Read more
The Philippines was eyeing for COVID-19 vaccination by March 2021 in the “best case scenario”, according to Duque. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday said that the Philippines may start vaccinating its citizens with the COVID-19 vaccine around March or April 2021. When asked when the vaccination may start, Duque said in an interview … Read more
Bong Go: “I’m challenging Secretary Galvez… along with Secretary Duque” Senator Christopher “Bong” Go challenged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. to get COVID-19 vaccine injection first once it’s available. During the Laging Handa public hearing earlier, he said: “I’m challenging Secretary Galvez, once available na po ‘yung safe … Read more
A DOST official allays fears of having COVID-19 vaccine sans clinical trials in the Philippines. An official of one of the agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Saturday allayed fears that a COVID-19 vaccine would be approved for use through an emergency use authorization in the Philippines even without prior local … Read more
COVID-19 vaccine may be available in the Philippines by Q1 of 2021, according to FDA chief. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director-general Eric Domingo on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine may be available in the Philippines in Q1 of 2021. This, as Domingo made the projection at a Palace briefing a day after UK … Read more
First COVID-19 Vaccine In The World Approved In UK FIRST VACCINE IN THE WORLD APPROVED – Britain is the first country to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use, as it announced on Wednesday. It appears that the world could start to recover from the coronavirus pandemic as early as next year. For the entirety … Read more