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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The country reached an undesirable milestone when its total COVID-19 cases surpassed 300,000 on Saturday, nearly eight months since the country recorded its first infection in a visiting Chinese woman. With 2,747 new infections, the national total rose to 301,256, a reminder of how the government …

[ad_1] Samples of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by CNBG, a subsidiary of Sinopharm, are displayed near a 3D model of a coronavirus during a trade fair in Beijing on September 6, 2020. Sinopharm’s state-backed subsidiary CNBG has injected 350,000 people outside of its clinical trials for COVID -19, which has …

[ad_1] The country’s Panel of Experts on Vaccines is making extensive preparations, chaired by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the World Health Organization (WHO) HP Vaccine Team and the Vaccine Communication teams of the Department of Health (DOH) as the WHO Solidarity Trial for Vaccines are coming. Secretary …

[ad_1] At least 12 hospitals in the country, including the General Hospital of the Philippines, will be selected as sites for the clinical trial of candidate vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO). Secretary of Science and Technology Fortunato de la Peña. Photo …

[ad_1] A VACCINE for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be ready, at best, in April, according to the country’s secretary of science and technology. “The quickest we can get started (with testing) is December, the last quarter. The vaccine trials estimated by the experts are three to six months, …

[ad_1] COVID-19 Vaccine Approval at PH Possible in April 2021 – FDA Robie de Guzman • September 25, 2020 • 7 Manila, Philippines – The country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday that approval of a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease could be possible in April 2021. During …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 25) The Philippines can meet the goal set by Malacañang of having a COVID-19 vaccine ready by April next year, but only if all goes according to plan, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said agencies …

[ad_1] A pharmacist at the Sta Ana Hospital in Manila on August 8, 2020 displays the anti-flu drug Favipiravir (brand name Avigan) donated by Japan that will be used to treat severe cases of the new coronavirus. The Philippine authorities are preparing to test Avigan in clinical trials as a …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity trial of potential COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines is likely to begin in December, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday. DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña said the Philippines can only begin recruiting patients to participate in …

[ad_1] NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday that it was crucial for the United States to maintain a presence in Earth orbit after the International Space Station was dismantled so that China would not gain a strategic advantage. The first parts of the ISS were launched in 1998 and …