Davao City doesn’t want China-made vaccines, prefers Western-made jabs

Sep 21, 2021 | Regions

Davao City is asking the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to consider purchasing more Western vaccine brands due to the low acceptability of Davao residents of Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines from China.“We come up with...

Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine OK’d for emergency use in PH

Jun 8, 2021 | Top Stories

The Sinopharm vaccine from China has been approved for emergency use in the Philippines, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday.FDA chief Eric Domingo made the announcement during a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and Cabinet officials.“So...

Sinopharm vaccine set to undergo FDA process – DOH

May 8, 2021 | Nation

Chinese-produced Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm is still required to undergo a series of regulatory processes despite being included in the World Health Organization’s emergency use listing (EUL).“Ito’y malaking tulong dahil na-review na siya ng mga eksperto ng WHO....

Despite asking China to take back Sinopharm donations, Duterte to get 2nd dose

May 6, 2021 | Nation

President Rodrigo Duterte will receive his second Sinopharm shot even after telling China to “withdraw all Sinopharm vaccines,” Malacañang said on Thursday.Duterte was given his first Sinopharm jab on Monday.The vaccine administered to him has yet to be...

Duterte receives Sinopharm jab

May 3, 2021 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte received his first Covid-19 vaccine dose on Monday, partly to encourage other Filipinos to get inoculated, even though the vaccine administered to him has yet to be approved for emergency use.A Facebook live video by Sen. Christopher “Bong”...