(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children six to 17-years-old, health experts said on Thursday, March 24. The two doses of the said vaccine was found to be safe for children "with only mild and transient local and systemic side...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) has recommended the use of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine among children six to 17 years old. “The VEP already submitted the recommendation to FDA , use of Sinovac vaccine for the...
More than 300 participants of the country’s “Mix and Match” (MnM) study have already received their first dose of Sinovac vaccine, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Jan. 7. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) The 18 month-long study seeks to...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots depend on the vaccine brand administered in the primary series. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) This in reply to the question during a Laging Handa press briefing on the possibility of shortening...
As long as there is data available showing that a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can extend its original shelf life, it can be allowed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang naibibigay lang namin talaga na expiration date o shelf...
The Muntinlupa City government has vaccinated nearly 7,300 individuals on the first day of the Bayanihan, Bakunahan national vaccination campaign on Nov. 29. The national government’s three-day campaign from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 aims to vaccinate at least nine million Filipinos or three million...
The Pasay City government will be accepting walk-ins who wish to get their booster shot against COVID-19. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government targets to inoculate 200 individuals belonging to the A1 (health front liners), A2 (senior citizens), and A3 (adult with comorbidties)...
The chairperson of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) explained Thursday, Nov. 25, why she preferred the Sinovac vaccine as her booster shot and availed the homologous booster vaccination. Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) “I chose...
Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are expected to be administered to children ages four to 11 as part of the pediatric vaccination program before the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "I would think before the end of the...
A total of 3,530,400 doses of CoronaVac vaccine arrived in the country on Wednesday, Nov. 17, which completed the government’s purchase order of 52 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from China-based manufacturer Sinovac Biotech. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. faces the media during...
More than 283,000 people in Muntinlupa are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As of Oct. 14, according to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, a total of 283,445 individuals have received their full dose of the vaccine consisting of 279,839 inoculated by the city...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it is still waiting to see more data on the use of the Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on children. FDA Director General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that they are waiting for the Phase 3 clinical...
