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[ad_1] News / World / WHO chief praises Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine news as ‘encouraging’ WHO chief praises Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine news as ‘encouraging’ The head of the World Health Organization hailed as “encouraging” the announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday that their vaccine in trials demonstrated 90 percent effectiveness …

[ad_1] US President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris appear on video screens as they hold a virtual meeting with their Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Advisory Council in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. November 9, 2020. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst WILMINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden on Monday praised Pfizer Inc’s progress …

[ad_1] One of the teams vying to develop a coronavirus vaccine announced Monday that its drug had shown 90 percent effectiveness, sending markets skyrocketing and raising hopes of ending the worst pandemic in a century. . US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said that trials involving more than 40,000 people had yielded …

[ad_1] Carlos Domínguez III (left) and Carlito Galvez Jr. The government is considering borrowing up to $ 9 billion (P433.3 billion) from the World Bank to help finance the country’s purchase of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, as it begins negotiations with a leading pharmaceutical company for at least 3 million …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Hydroxychloroquine does not work in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, according to research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It is the latest of several studies to find that the antimalarial does not work against the coronavirus. “These findings do not support the …

[ad_1] (CNN) – President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will take the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a dramatically different direction. “The pandemic is becoming significantly more worrisome across the country,” Biden said Friday. “I want everyone to know from day one that we …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 9) – President Rodrigo Duterte called on parents to support the Department of Health’s (DOH) ongoing immunization campaign against vaccine-preventable diseases as the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 health crisis. In a video message Monday, Duterte asked parents of children under the …

[ad_1] HIGHLIGHTING that funding will not be a problem, Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said on Monday that the head of implementation of the National Working Group (NTF) against Covid-19 and secretary of the vaccine czar, Carlito Gálvez Jr., “will orchestrate every effort” to ensure vaccine delivery for all. …

[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed MG as head of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). Debold Sinas as the next chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Sinas will take over from today, November 10, from General Camilo Cascolan, who will retire the same day. MGen. Debold Sinas …

[ad_1] ‘Mayhem’ reaches 3 × 3 with Aldin Ayo assuming the reins of coach of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas team for the FIBA ​​tournaments. Ayo was introduced on Monday as the new head coach of the renamed squad that will now go through Manila ChooksTM but will continue to be led …