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[ad_1] The Portuguese government announced on Thursday that it will resume the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine next Monday, after a three-day break to check for possible adverse reactions from vaccinated people. “The vaccination plan suffered a pause in the AstraZeneca vaccine and will start again from Monday. We …

[ad_1] Senator Panfilo Lacson urged the government to be transparent about the true situation regarding COVID-19 vaccine purchases after supplies arrived in small drips despite a total of around P126.75 billion, mostly from foreign loans, reserved for acquisition. The loans have been granted since last year by the World Bank …

[ad_1] PHILIPPINE STAR / MICHAEL VARCAS MORE than 240,000 people had been vaccinated against the coronavirus as of March 17, 3.1% of whom experienced so-called adverse events, according to the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA CEO Eric Domingo told an online news conference Thursday 167,798 of the 240,297 …

[ad_1] MARCH 15, 2020 Surgical mask. FILE PHOTO OF RESEARCHER / EDWIN BACASMAS MANILA, Philippines – Undersecretary of Health Leopoldo Vega on Thursday recommended wearing two masks instead of one as a way to improve minimum public health standards amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. “You have to improve it …

[ad_1] The vice chairman of the National Adverse Events Post-Immunization Committee (NAEFIC), Dr. Rommel Lobo, speaks during an online press conference. MANILA, Philippines – The health worker who died after receiving a coronavirus vaccine had comorbidities that may have put her at risk of developing COVID-19 despite inoculation, an official …

[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday that 3.1% or 7,469 of the 240,297 people vaccinated against COVID-19, as of March 16, reported an adverse event after immunization (AEFI). FDA chief Eric Domingo said 7,331 of these AEFIs were not serious and 138 were serious, including one case …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Oxford / AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine vials are displayed at a vaccination center in Bierset, Belgium, on March 17, 2021. REUTERS / Yves Herman FRANKFURT / PARIS – Europe’s drug watchdog is reviewing a small number of reports of bleeding, blood clots, and low platelet counts in people …

[ad_1] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he will take the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca after several European countries stopped launching the jab over safety concerns. Johnson rejected questions in parliament about why several countries had suspended use of the product developed by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company …

[ad_1] Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month left us all with a lot burning questions. (See a clip from the show above). One of the most important was how the royal family would respond, particularly Harry’s brother, Prince William, and his father, Prince …

[ad_1] COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group already facing the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic, recent research findings suggested. One of your biggest concerns is that your baby will contract the disease, according to a …