US President-elect Joe Biden will receive COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. United States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a Delaware facility on Monday, one month before he took office. This, as he’s eager to build Americans’ confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines. Biden spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters that Biden … Read more
2 COVID-19 vaccines passed pre-evaluation, according to a DOH official. A health official on Thursday said that the vaccine experts panel and ethics review board of the Department of Health (DOH) had approved clinical trial applications of two COVID-19 vaccines. This, as it cleared the way for final evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration … Read more
The government was already identifying measures on how LGUs could help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. The national government was already identifying measures on how local government units (LGUs) could help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said. The national government was … Read more
Senator Imee Marcos had called for global price cap on COVID-19 vaccines. Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday had called for the implementation of global price cap on COVID-19 vaccines. This, despite that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) admitted that implementing price ceiling on COVID-19 vaccines would be difficult to negotiate. The senator … Read more
Implementing price cap on COVID-19 vaccines would be “difficult”, according to DTI. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez admitted on Saturday that implementing price cap on COVID-19 vaccines would be difficult for the government to negotiate. This, as Lopez pointed out that developing a COVID-19 vaccine required a lot of extensive research and investment. “[Kaya] hindi basta-basta … 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
The Philippines formed a task group for COVID-19 vaccination program Malacañang on Friday announced that the Philippines had formed a task group in preparation for its COVID-19 vaccination program. Citing Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID)’s decision on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the COVID-19 Immunization Program Management … Read more