The major cities of Vietnam might possibly tighten Covid-19 restrictions to curb the spread of infection as confirmed cases keep on rising, reaching over 6,000 cases in seven days. Vietnam is currently facing an increase of Covid-19 daily positive cases since the emergence of the outbreak in April. On Wednesday, the country recorded a total of 6,559 new Covid-19 infections …

Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the Science, Technology and Innovation Minister called for the World Bank to speak out regarding the unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in global terms as there have been occurrence of hoarding among the richer economies which in turn, makes the existing economic gap even wider. Khairy brought up this mounting concern during the launch of …

Quarantine protocols in Metro Manila and Bulacan will ease to general community quarantine (GCQ) with “some restrictions” starting June 16, President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Monday. The quarantine level in the two areas will last until June 30. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the only difference in the GCQ with “some restrictions” classification in Metro Manila and Bulacan is that …

The Philippines on Tuesday denied that it wrote a letter to Taiwan seeking for COVID-19 vaccines. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque told ABS-CBN News when asked to confirm the report and confirmed the country has denied that. Taiwanese media initially reported that an official from Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center confirmed that the Philippines “sent a letter to us” seeking to …

The Philippines focused on giving $1 million, or around P50 million, to the COVAX worldwide antibody sharing drive, which tries to support COVID-19 immunization programs in lower-pay nations. In a recent gathering, Duterte shared that the World Health Organization-drove program has helped the nation a great deal in its immunization drive. Since they are running out of assets, possibly in …

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested the examination of nearby authorities who got themselves immunized against COVID-19 in front of wellbeing laborers, the Department of the Interior and Local Government expressed it to the public to be aware. In an articulation, DILG official in control Bernardo Florece Jr. Shared that five city hall leaders who skirted the line had been requested …

Surprisingly, there around 20 million portions of COVID-19 antibodies from US biotechnology organization Moderna are normal before the finish of May or early June, Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez highlighted this as the Philippines inclines up its immunization program in the subsequent quarter. The Moderna immunization has so far shown a 94 percent viability, higher than either that …

It has been decided that janitors, medical students and comorbidity patients are among the priority recipients of COVID-19 shots in the vaccination campaign of the government which is scheduled to begin this month. In view of this, A prioritization criteria has been approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for the distribution of …

The Philippines’ practical timetable for beginning small population vaccination against COVID-19 is earliest in the second quarter of 2021, even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines will grant an emergency use authorization to some of the leading vaccine developers (EUA). Dr. Jaime Montoya, executive director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) Department …

As a national pollster said Thursday night, more than half of Filipinos are eager to be inoculated against coronavirus until a vaccine becomes available. In fact, These results come despite concerns that the national initiative to vaccinate Filipinos against a lethal and lingering pandemic will be more complicated by the memory of a failed dengue vaccine campaign from three years …