The Department of Health (DOH) tallied 4,734 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours. DOH/MB This is the lowest number of new cases reported in a single day since March 17, wherein 4,387 cases were detected then. Based on Tuesday's case update, the country's total caseload...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, May 11, defended the Department of Health (DOH) on its plan to apply for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China's Sinopharm. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo...
A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six doses of the Pfizer vaccine in error, news agency AGI reported Monday. The woman was in good condition after receiving fluids and paracetamol following the injection Sunday, AGI reported. Instead of...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, May 11, announced the presence of the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in the country. DOH/MB DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the variant was detected in two returning overseas Filipinos through the conduct of genome sequencing. "Nais...
A total of 18,862 individuals not wearing face masks were accosted since has President Duterte ordered an intensified operation against those who are not wearing fae mask, or improperly using them, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. In a report to the President Monday...
US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had positive results from preclinical studies of a shot combining its influenza and COVID vaccine candidates. (FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US biotech company...
New Yorkers will receive free train rides if they get vaccinated against COVID-19 in subway stations, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday as part of a move to speed up immunizations. New York Police Officers stand at the Union Station subway stop on May 10, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss /...
The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs to gain competitive advantage rather than engaging in true cooperation to end the pandemic. "Vaccine diplomacy is not cooperation," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the World...
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Monday that France was "emerging on a long-term basis" from the COVID-19 crisis as he gave new details about shop and restaurant openings. The terrace of a restaurant is pictured in Paris, on May 7, 2021, ahead of the reopening of restaurant and cafe terraces...
Schools and stores reopened in parts of Europe on Monday, easing out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but the devastating outbreak raged on across the sub-continent and health experts declared the virus mutation in India a "variant of concern". A COVID-19 patient reacts while sitting on a bed...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 are seen as elderly people are inoculated amid...
The Sinopharm vaccines donated by China to the Philippines have not yet been returned to the donor, a Palace official said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte gets the first dose of a Sinopharm vaccine from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Malago Clubhouse on May 3, 2021. (Malacañang...
