#COVID-19

Palace: No ‘favoritism’ in COVID-19 vaccines

Malacañang on Thursday clarified that the government is not favoring some COVID-19 vaccines over the others, saying that country will utilize safe and efficient vaccines that will be available for the...

PRRD: Chinese vaccine is as good as US, EU vaccine

President Rodrigo R. Duterte pointed out in his weekly address that all vaccines are equal following the issue raised that the government favors the Chinese vaccine Sinovac. “Kung ayaw ninyo, okay lang....

PRRD to LGUs: Choose any vaccine you like to buy

President Rodrigo R. Duterte stated Wednesday that the local government units (LGUs) are free to choose the vaccine they want to procure for their constituents. “Alam mo totoo lang we are not...

Health system capacity expansion pushed amid new COVID-19 strain in PH

Experts have expressed alarm with the detection in the Philippines of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom which is reportedly more transmissible. Dr. Butch Ong of the OCTA Research Group...

FDA OKs emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The Philippine FDA has approved the application for Emergency Use Authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech for its COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine developed by a Western country is the first to be granted emergency approval...

DOH confirms detection of COVID-19 UK variant in PH

The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed the detection of the new variant of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines. According to the health department, the UK strain of COVID-19...

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