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[ad_1] Sinopharm has applied to China’s drug regulator for approval of the inactivated coronavirus vaccine. Beijing, China: Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it to be 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharmaceutical giant said Wednesday, less than rival hits developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, but a potential …

[ad_1] A Chinese study of antibodies against the coronavirus found that almost half a million people may have had Covid-19 in Wuhan, a figure that is 10 times the official figure. According to the antibody prevalence study, the infection rate was also much higher in Wuhan than in surrounding areas, …

[ad_1] NCID Senior Nurse Sarah Lim, 46, receives her vaccination at the NCID Day Treatment Center on December 30, 2020. The Straits Times / Asia News Network / KEVIN LIM SINGAPORE – Singapore launched its national Covid-19 vaccination program on Wednesday (December 30) morning, with a senior nurse from the …

[ad_1] The government may also ban flights from the United States once reports that the coronavirus variant had been detected there are officially confirmed, the Health Department said. The Philippines has banned travel from 20 countries where cases of the coronavirus variant have been reported. On Tuesday, Colorado Governor Jared …

[ad_1] MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed a provision in the 2021 national budget that would have cut funding from the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PAO) forensic laboratory, which a lawmaker previously said was not authorized and was a duplication. The provision is “inappropriate” as it “does not relate to particular …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Brig. Commander of the Presidential Security Group (PSG). General Jesús During III refused to name the “source” of the COVID-19 vaccines inoculated to President Rodrigo Duterte’s security detachment, but admitted that they requested it “independently”. “As I’ve always said, ‘say ko po pwedeng sabihin publicly and …

[ad_1] Commuters head to relocated bus loading and unloading areas along Agham Road in Quezon City on October 15, 2020. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Philippine population is estimated to reach 110.8 million by early 2021, the Population and Development Commission (POPCOM) said on Wednesday. This is an …

[ad_1] Researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) have said that COVID-19 will likely become endemic, meaning that it will always be present in the population to some degree. Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Emergencies program, issued a stern warning when he described the pandemic as “very serious” …

[ad_1] The European Union (EU) health agency ECDC said on Tuesday the risk was “high” that newly discovered virus variants that cause COVID-19 could further affect medical care and cause more deaths due to to “greater transmissibility”. The Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in a …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – As the country marks the 124th anniversary of the death of national hero Dr. José P. Rizal, President Rodrigo Duterte praised leaders who emerged as heroes amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, we see many Rizals fighting for our people, this time against …