COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Gamaleya may arrive in the Philippines in February 2021, according to Malacañang Malacañang on Thursday said that COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Gamaleya Institute may arrive in the Philippines in February 2021. This, as authorities raced to book supplies of the vaccine to start inoculations as the coronavirus pandemic had … Read more
The bulk of the COVID-19 vaccines for the Philippines will come from Novavax, according to vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday told the Senate Committee of the Whole that the bulk of the COVID-19 vaccines that would be made available in the Philippines would come from Novavax. … Read more
The Philippine Red Cross was in talks with AstraZeneca and Pfizer to procure COVID-19 vaccines The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday said that it’s in talks with vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer in order to procure COVID-19 vaccines that will be sold to Filipinos on a “buy 1, donate 1” scheme. In an online … Read more
Government execs received COVID-19 vaccines via “official channels”, according to Teresita Ang-See. Teresita Ang-See, a Chinese-Filipino community civic leader, on Tuesday said that COVID-19 vaccines used by government officials went via “official channels” and weren’t fake. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año earlier said that a Cabinet official had already been vaccinated against COVID-19 aside from Presidential … Read more
NBI would investigate unauthorized COVID-19 inoculations using unregistered vaccines Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday had ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the unauthorized inoculations using unregistered vaccines. This, as Guevarra said that he had instructed NBI officer-in-charge Eric Distor to investigate on Monday, a few days after President Rodrigo Duterte revealed … Read more
Donated vaccines should still be registered, according to FDA chief The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday said that vaccines should still go through the normal registration process even if these vaccines were donated. This, as FDA Director General Eric Domingo made a statement amidst the controversy over an unregistered COVID-19 … Read more
COVID-19 vaccines administered to PSG members were smuggled, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday said the COVID-19 vaccines administered to some members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) were smuggled. The said vaccines, according to Lorenzana, were smuggled because no authorization was given by the country’s Food and Drug … Read more
COVID-19 vaccines used by the military had no papers, according to BOC. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday said that it didn’t receive any formal communication about the importation of COVID-19 vaccines administered to the Presidential Security Group (PSG) members. In addition, the Bureau of Customs said that civil and administrative cases could be … Read more
The Philippine government was exploring multiple sources of COVID-19 vaccines, according to Senator Go Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Monday said that the Philippine government was exploring multiple sources of COVID-19 vaccines in order to ensure access of Filipinos to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to overcome the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Senator Go, the … 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