The Australian government has committed an additional AUD13.72 (P480.2 million) to help the Philippines procure COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines, Australian Ambassador to Manila Steven J. Robinson AO announced on Thursday. Australian Ambassador Steven J. Robinson, AO In a tweet,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are pushing for the safe reopening of schools despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "With the COVID-19 pandemic now well into its second year, safely reopening...
The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP /...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to relay to the Philippines the final schedule of its solidarity vaccine trials next week as well as the brands of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the study. This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, welcomed on Wednesday, June 2, the World Health Organization's (WHO) approval of the CoronaVac vaccine made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech for emergency use against the...
In this file photograph taken on March 1, 2021, a health worker holds up a vial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccinations for health workers at a hospital in Manila. (Ted ALJIBE / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The World Health Organization (WHO)'s approval on the COVID-19...
Malacañang was happy with the inclusion of the coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac made by Sinovac in the emergency use list (EUL) of the World Health Organization (WHO), saying this would further boost the public's confidence about the shots. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The WHO said Tuesday that only one strain of the COVID-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern", while two other strains had been downgraded. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India's...
GENEVA, May 31, 2021 (AFP) - World Health Organization members agreed Monday to strengthen the global body at the heart of the pandemic response and give it a more secure financial base from which to tackle future health crises. Many of the details of the concrete measures had to be left to a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) should “step in” and resolve the problems caused by some countries’ preference for certain coronavirus vaccines, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 30. Without naming the vaccine brand, the vice president also stressed the importance for the...
DOH / MANILA BULLETIN The World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to give its official assessment if there is already a community transmission of the different coronavirus variants in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby areas, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Maria...
The Philippines has opposed any potential "vaccine apartheid" in international travel and called for global pact recognizing the coronavirus jabs approved by World Health Organization (WHO) sufficient for the entry of travelers. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a...
