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By 98 percent when administered in 3 doses.

Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has sought the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the emergency use of its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, CoronaVac, on children aged three to 17 years old.

The Muntinlupa City government achieved two milestones in its COVID-19 vaccination program as nearly half of the target population is now fully vaccinated.

Another one million doses of China-made Sinovac vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.

The Pateros municipal government has suspended its first dose vaccination starting Monday (July 12) due to lack of vaccines.

The Muntinlupa City government announced that it will suspend the vaccination of second dose recipients of Sinovac Life Sciences’ CoronaVac vaccine due to the expected delay in the arrival of new supply in the country.

The Taguig City government has suspended vaccinating people with the first dose for two weeks due to lack of new supply of vaccines.

The Pateros municipal government has vaccinated 71 percent of the target population with the first dose.

The local governments of Muntinlupa and Pateros have suspended the vaccination of people for the first dose due to lack of new vaccine supply from the national government.

CoronaVac, also known as Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) developed and produced in China, was found to be safe and effective in children and adolescents, The Lancet Journal, the leading medical journal in the world, said in a report published on June 28.

The Taguig City government has resumed full operations of its vaccination program using the CoronaVac vaccine Wednesday after suspending it due to the absence of the Certificate of Analysis (COA) from its manufacturer, Sinovac Life Sciences.

LONDON, United Kingdom — Phase 1/2 clinical trial of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine in over 500 children and adolescents suggests two doses of the vaccine are safe and generate a strong antibody response, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

The Taguig City government has temporarily suspended the use of Sinovac Life Sciences’ CoronaVac vaccine starting Monday due to absence of a Certificate of Analysis (COA), which comes from the manufacturer.

A total of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines will be delivered on Thursday morning, June 17 — the 10th shipment to be made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech to the Philippines since they started giving vaccines in February.

Celebrity couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera got vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taguig on Independence Day.  

Cebu Pacific airlines (CEB) carried another batch of one million doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines from Beijing to Manila on Sunday, June 6.

As the government plans to speed its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation program, the eighth shipment of Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech in the country will arrive on Thursday morning, May 20, carrying 500,000 doses of procured CoronaVac vaccines.

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso sees the long lines in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centers as a “good problem” as it shows that people are determined to get the vaccines that will protect them from COVID-19.