NEW YORK - The United States has set the pace to expand the spectrum of COVID-19 vaccines, while its vaccination campaign drags on as it hit a grim milestone of 700,000 deaths in the pandemic that has entered its 19th month.
Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Saturday (Oct. 2) said the agency is doing all it can to support health facilities and health workers that need help.
A total of 1,813,500 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in the Philippines via National Airlines flight N8523 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1, Bay 9 at around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday (Oct. 3).
The Quezon City government and University of the Philippines - Pandemic Response Team (UP-PRT) will team up to improve data gathering, testing, and contact tracing.
The Philippine government is closely monitoring the clinical trial of Molnupiravir, an investigational drug that is slated to be the first oral antiviral medication for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
