[ad_1] With everyone watching, the UK began its mass vaccination program against Covid-19 on Tuesday, with a nurse from the Philippines administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother who was the first person in the world to receive the vaccine outside of clinical trials. Philippine nurse May …
Read More »2021 budget allocates P72.5B for Covid-19 vaccines – The Manila Times
[ad_1] On Wednesday, the Senate ratified the final, reconciled version of the 2021 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) hours after the bicameral conference committee approved the panel’s report on the proposed P4.5 trillion budget for 2021. The harmonized spending measure includes an allocation of P72.5 billion for Covid-19 vaccines, much higher …
Read More »Canada approves Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine – Manila Bulletin
[ad_1] News / World / Canada Approves Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Canada Approves Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, days after Britain became the first country to green light and launch it. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Today, Canada …
Read More »Senate and Chamber ratify national budget 2021
[ad_1] The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday ratified the committee’s report on the proposed $ 4.5 trillion national budget for 2021, which includes funding for health care and economic recovery. The committee’s report was ratified after the bicameral conference committee on the General Appropriations Act of 2021 (GAA) …
Read More »UK advises people with severe allergies to avoid Pfizer vaccine after 2 adverse reactions
[ad_1] A vial of Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen before it is administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital, on the first day of the largest immunization program in British history, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on December 8, 2020. Liam McBurney / Pool via REUTERS LONDON – Britain’s drug …
Read More »Quijano: Spence takes care of business
[ad_1] IT LOOKS like we’re finally getting closer to that super fight between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, the best fighters in the welterweight division, although our own Manny Pacquiao might have something to say about it. Spence took care of his part of the business by beating Danny Garcia …
Read More »Biden Unveils Vaccine Pledge As US Covid Cases Top 15 Million – Live US News
[ad_1] Last night, Idaho public health officials abruptly ended a meeting after the Boise mayor and police chief said that the intense protests outside the health department building, as well as outside the homes of some health officials, they threatened public safety. The request from Boise Mayor Lauren McLean and …
Read More »DOH Extends Deadline for Healthcare Workers to Apply for Dangerous Living Conditions Benefit
[ad_1] Members of the All UP Workers Union protest the delay in the release of their payment for dangerous living conditions COVID-19 and the special risk allowance at the General Hospital of the University of the Philippines-Philippines in Manila on 27 November 2020. ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Department of …
Read More »UK issues allergy warning on Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine – Manila Bulletin
[ad_1] British health officials warned on Wednesday that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid jab for now. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The warning came after two members of the state’s National Health Service …
Read More »Baguio is once again a ‘high risk area’
[ad_1] BAGUIO has again been marked as a “high risk area” by an independent research group due to the continued increase in coronavirus infections. Octa Research marked the city’s return to the high-risk circle with Mankayan, in Benguet, as the only areas in Luzon in the group, Makati for the …
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