The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is 97 percent effective against the India strain of the coronavirus. In this file photo taken on February 12, 2021, a vial containing the Covid-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca and a syringe are seen on a table in the pharmacy of the vaccination center at the Robert Bosch...
Philippines’ tuna and canning companies are eyeing expansion in India, which offers fishing areas that could yield up to additional 213,000 metric tons (MT) of tuna annually. During the India-Philippines Business Conference on Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture, Frabelle Fishing President Francisco...
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization (WHO) report showed Wednesday. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found...
A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on Monday, April 05, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Phils. Inc. (FICCI) has recommended to the government to initially focus the COVID-19...
Britain is confident that existing vaccines will provide protection from a more transmissible Indian coronavirus variant now spreading across the country, Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. A public health digital board warns the public of a Covid-19 variant of concern affecting the...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is implementing the extended travel ban up to the end of the.month for passengers coming from seven countries hit by the highly-contagious Indian coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime...
Malacañang said on Tuesday the new quarantine classifications imposed on Metro Manila and four nearby provinces in the NCR Plus Bubble will be announced on May 14, the last day of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MECQ is the second strictest...
Malacañang on Tuesday, May 11, said it has yet to be determined whether there is community transmission of the Indian COVID-19 variant B.1.617 in the country to warrant the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble....
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 large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, China's space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling...
The Indian government has extended $50,000 worth of assistance to the Philippines' corn sector and has even initiated a bilateral exchange on agricultural technology with the Philippine government. Photo by Gaspar Uhas on Unsplash During the general membership meeting of the Philippine...
Philippine pharmaceutical industry is expected to double in the next five years following the government’s implementation of universal healthcare program as Indian pharmaceutical firms take a closer look at making the Philippines, one of top 10 markets globally, become a part of its value...
