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[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) said it approved on Thursday the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer-BioNTech for emergency use, and said the move opens the door for countries to accelerate their own approvals for import and inject. Once a vaccine has been listed for emergency use …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – In its latest coronavirus update of the year, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday that the Philippines had 474,064 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,541 of which were new infections. According to DOH data, there were 25,024 active cases, with patients undergoing treatment or quarantine. Of …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began. one year. The WHO Emergency Use List (EUL) opens the door for countries to accelerate their …

[ad_1] 02:37 The director of the World Health Organization (WHO) praised “the unparalleled mobilization of science” to combat the pandemic in his New Year’s Eve video message, but added that divisions in politics and communities “fueled the virus.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, spoke in a video …

[ad_1] Pfizer has criticized the UK’s decision to lengthen the gap between the doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, saying that the “safety and efficacy” of the new scheme has not been evaluated as infections and hospitalizations continue to rise across the UK. United. The rare intervention by the US pharmaceutical …

[ad_1] SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon backed Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s decision to investigate the unauthorized inoculation of members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG). Drilon Guevarra ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the reported smuggling of the Sinopharm vaccine made in China that was used to …

[ad_1] The UK will become the first country in the world to implement the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, in what could be a historic moment in the fight against Covid-19. The vaccine is cheaper and easier to distribute than the Pfizer-BioNTech alternative. But its …

[ad_1] Some 50 countries around the world have already started vaccinating their populations against Covid-19, just a year after China’s first alert signaled the start of the epidemic. The Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine is administered at a Tel Aviv medical center on Thursday. Israel hopes to vaccinate a quarter of its population …

[ad_1] CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies and vaccines, confirmed today that the company has signed a supply agreement with the government of the Republic of Korea to provide 40 Millions of doses of Modern COVID-19 Vaccine to …

[ad_1] The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, General Gilbert Gapay, ordered a comprehensive investigation into the inoculation of some members of the Presidential Security Group with an unauthorized COVID-19 vaccine. “General Gilbert Gapay ordered a thorough investigation into the factual circumstances surrounding this incident,” AFP …