A few days after the arrival of Moderna vaccines in the country, San Juan City started on Wednesday the use of the said vaccines in its COVID-19 vaccination program. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo by Patrick Garcia) The launch was held at the FilOil Flying V Centre, San Juan's main...
WASHINGTON, United States -- American biotechnology company Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in a lab setting against coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. The results came from vitro neutralization studies of sera...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged the government to prioritize the procurement and use of vaccines that have high levels of efficacy now that the country has more access to different brands of vaccines. Drilon lamented that Filipinos are being short-changed when it comes to...
Nearly 1.3 million additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) since Sunday night, June 27, including the first ever batch of Moderna vaccines to reach the Philippines. The Moderna vaccines' arrival at NAIA. (Ariel Fernandez /...
The first shipment of Moderna vaccines, comprised of 249,600 doses, was delivered in the country on Sunday night, June 27, providing an additional boost to the government's immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The first batch of Moderna vaccines, comprised of 249,600...
The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) will not recommend to the government to stop the vaccination using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines amid the more than 1,200 cases of myocarditis or heart inflammation recorded in the United States among young adults and adolescents after the inoculation of...
The first batch of Moderna vaccines procured by the national government and private sector from the United States will arrive on Sunday night, June 27, while an additional one million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be delivered on Monday, June 28, according to a task force overseeing the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Vaccine developers Moderna and Sinovac Biotech are not yet ready to apply for an authorization to expand the use of their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday, June 25. FDA Director-General...
The Philippines is expecting the arrival of its first shipment of Moderna vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on June 27, the country’s testing czar said Friday, June 25. This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading “Vaccine Covid-19” next to the...
China and the United States will deliver two million doses of Sinovac vaccines and 250,000 doses of Moderna jabs respectively to the country this week, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident...
Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose Manuel Romualdez on Tuesday confirmed the forthcoming delivery of the first batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on June 27 as part of the 20 million doses they have been negotiating with the American pharmaceutical firm. Philippine Ambassador to the...
More than 100,000 individuals have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Pasig City, the local government announced on Wednesday (June 16). (Photo courtesy of Pasig City Public Information Office/Manila Bulletin) Based on the data of the city government, a total of 104,231 individuals have...
