FDA chief: No proof of waning Sinovac efficacy

Ben O. de Vera, Patricia Denise M. Chiu 09/10/2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said on Thursday, September 9, 2021, there was still no evidence that the efficacy of CoronaVac—the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Chinese company Sinovac—is waning in people who…

1.5M more doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive in PH

Krissy Aguilar 06/17/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Thursday, June 17, 2021, received another 1.5 million doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine. The latest shipment arrived via a Cebu Pacific flight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport around 7:30 a.m.…

1 M more doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive in PH

Krissy Aguilar 06/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines — One million more doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the country on Thursday, June 10, 2021. The new shipment arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport around 7:30 a.m., the National Task…

Vaccination drive in Cebu City not affected by non-disclosure of vaccine brand rule – exec

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As far as Cebu City is concerned, nondisclosure of the COVID-19 vaccine brand prior to the actual inoculation did not adversely impact its vaccination drive. The COVID-19 vaccine rollout here for medical frontliners,…

Additional 52,000 doses of Sinovac arrive in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas received another shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, May 18. Around 52,800 doses of CoronaVac arrived from Metro Manila at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) past 7 a.m. on Tuesday.…

Duterte ‘sorry,’ returns Sinopharm jabs to China

Leila B. Salaverria, Maricar Cinco, Patricia Denise M. Chiu 05/07/2021

MANILA, Philippines — In a rare response to public criticism, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted it was wrong to get himself inoculated with the Sinopharm vaccine and ordered the return of the remainder of the 1,000 doses donated…

Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella gets vaccinated

Morexette Marie Erram 05/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Labella, accompanied by several City Hall executives, was administered with CoronaVac, the COVID-19 vaccine brand of China’s Sinovac…

Close to 5k seniors got 1st dose of COVID vaccine in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials here are optimistic that the number of senior citizens jabbed with the COVID-19 vaccine will increase in the coming days. This as the city’s inoculation drive resumes this Monday, May 3,…

China’s Coronavac 80% effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths: Chile results

Agence France Presse 04/17/2021

SANTIAGO, Chile  – China’s Coronavac vaccine was 67 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 80 percent at preventing death, according to real-life results unveiled Friday from Chile’s inoculation campaign. “These figures should convey peace of mind…

32 ‘wasted’ COVID vaccines in Region 7 minimal, says DOH7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas has 32 unused COVID-19 vaccines that were put to waste, the regional health office here reported. The Department of Health in the region (DOH-7) on April 12, 2021 confirmed to reporters…

11,000 medical frontliners in CV complete COVID inoculation sked

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11,000 healthcare workers in Central Visayas have already completed their COVID-19 inoculation. But health officials still need to administer the first dose of the vaccine to at least 59,683 medical frontliners.…

2,000 more Cebu City HCWs need jab before gov’t can proceed to next subgroup

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials from the Cebu City Government still need to vaccinate more than 2,000 frontline medical healthcare workers before it can proceed to the next group of individuals qualified to receive free Covid-19…

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