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[ad_1] A COVID-19 vaccine may be available in the Philippines as of March 2021 following recent developments abroad, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said Thursday. Domingo made the screening at a Palace briefing one day after the UK approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Domingo …

[ad_1] Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: the last mile In my previous column, I wrote about the issues of preparing for the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine in terms of our current ability to meet the requirements of moving massive quantities of vaccine from arrival at the port to the actual …

[ad_1] December 5, 2020 WHEN PFIZER and BioNTech, two pharmaceutical companies, revealed in November that their covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, as celebrated by health experts around the world. The stock markets, however, responded with a simple golf swing. the S&P 500, a technology index of large American …

[ad_1] The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has hailed the delivery of a “successful” window of FIBA ​​Continental Cup Qualifiers across four continents in November amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 78 qualifying matches, with 72 teams and 870 players from around the world, were played in biosecurity bubbles …

[ad_1] Facebook said Thursday it would remove posts containing claims about Covid-19 vaccines that have been discredited by public health experts, as the social network acts more aggressively to combat misinformation about the coronavirus as falsehoods run rampant. . The move goes one step beyond how Facebook had handled misinformation …

[ad_1] The latest unemployment data released by government statisticians on Thursday showed a slight improvement, but reflected the risks the Philippines faces to renew consumer confidence, according to local economists. Preliminary results from the Workforce Survey (LFS) released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that 3.8 million Filipinos or …

[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte wants to begin the distribution of vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the Philippines “before the second quarter” of 2021. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. REY RODRIGUEZ / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said Thursday that the president was encouraged by the UK’s …

[ad_1] VACCINES for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) could be available in the country starting in March after the formal approval of their emergency use by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The Director General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rolando Enrique D. Domingo, said Thursday that an emergency use authorization …

[ad_1] Culture Highlight Hong Kong now has a total of 6,590 cases since the start of the pandemic in February. BENJAMIN CO, MD | 03 Dec 2020 Disclosure: All data provided comes from various information sites of the Department of Health, including data delivery. Where appropriate, appropriate reference will be …

[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 – Senator Risa Hontiveros …