San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as he received on Saturday his second dose of the Sinovac vaccine. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) Zamora first received his COVID-19 shot last April 16 after the Department...
Malacanang will instruct the “subcontractors” hired by the government to speed up the deployment of both the AstraZeneca and Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in order to meet the suggested expiry of the jabs, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday. Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out COVID-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than western vaccines in clinical trials. In this file photograph taken on March...
The Muntinlupa City government has used up all the 3,000 doses of Sputnik V Gam-COVID-Vac vaccines donated by the national government and received new supply of other brands. On May 11, an additional 32,880 vials were delivered by the national government to Muntinlupa, consisting of 31,200 vials of...
Vice President Leni Robredo is exploring to turn her Swab Cab project into a “vaccine cab” that will go around communities to vaccinate people who cannot register online for the vaccination program in their areas. The vice president said her office is always willing to help the government roll...
Now the country has more coronavirus vaccine supply, Vice President Leni Robredo thinks it could be time for her to get vaccinated. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo herself will fall under the A3 category, or persons with comorbidities, since she is hypertensive, but she refused to get the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)'s Port of NAIA cleared two shipments containing around 3.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, it announced Saturday, May 8. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said those cleared were 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines made by Sinovac...
The government is aiming to accelerate its vaccination drive with the country's vaccine supply possibly jumping up to 20 million shots by June and July. Health workers give a coronavirus vaccine shot to a man at the drive-through vaccination site in Makati City on May 6, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
The fifth batch of government-procured vaccines from China arrived in the country on Friday morning, May 7, with the delivery of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac from its manufacturer Sinovac Biotech. National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Sec. Francisco...
Another 1.5 million doses of vaccines made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 at 7:45 a.m. Friday, May 7. Sinovac01 The CoronaVac brand jabs were carried by a Cebu Pacific flight, which fetched the cargo from China. Department of Health (DOH)...
President Duterte may receive the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech for his second dose should Sinopharm fail to secure the necessary approval from the country's health regulators. Coronavirus vaccines developed by China's Sinovac (Chinese Embassy in...
After apologizing for having himself inoculated with Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine despite the lack of regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Duterte insisted that he can get what vaccine he wants because “this is my life.” President Rodrigo Duterte...
