9M COVID-19 vaccines to arrive this month

9M COVID-19 vaccines to arrive this month

THE PHILIPPINES will take delivery this month of about nine million doses of coronavirus vaccines, according to the country’s vaccine czar, as the government struggles to reach its vaccination targets. About 4.5 million doses of CoronaVac, made by China’s Sinovac...
House-to-house COVID-19 testing pressed to get ‘true’ PH state

House-to-house COVID-19 testing pressed to get ‘true’ PH state

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) admitted on Wednesday that there was a need to expand testing for the coronavirus, including doing it house-to-house with help from local governments. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH was...
Europe’s Vaccine Nightmare

Europe’s Vaccine Nightmare

What You Need To Know Most of the Europe Union is currently experiencing a third wave of the pandemic, with mutations of the coronavirus now present in all 27 member states.New warnings from drug regulators could dent trust in its vaccination campaign, which...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused over rare blood clots

Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused over rare blood clots

The US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare blood clotting. Six cases were detected in more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration...