Reports of side effects such like heart inflammation, especially among male recipients has made the government to reconsider its decision to administer Pfizer jabs to adolescents. Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister, said that his party would be meeting with the the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) to discuss the …

Vietnam has agreed to prioritize Chinese nationals for its latest Covid-19 vaccines following complaint from China, says its embassy in Hanoi. The complaint came after the donation of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China, which arrived on Sunday in Hanoi. According to Vietnam’s health ministry, the doses will be delivered to nine northern provinces for “Vietnamese people living in …

China has given its pledge to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to continue its assistance in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic as Beijing made sure to stay committed in making its SARS-CoV-2 vaccines for the global public. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that in the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SACFMM) held on Monday at Chongqing, …

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 …

AstraZeneca says it is working closely with South-east Asia governments to ensure its Covid-19 vaccine is supplied “as quickly as possible”, after reported delays in deliveries of orders from a Thai plant owned by the country’s powerful king. Malaysia and Taiwan this week became the latest in the region to warn they expected delays in deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured …

State media has reported today that Vietnam has given approval for the Sinopharm vaccine from China to be used against Covid-19, which makes it the third shot to be endorsed in the Southeast Asian country that is dealing new outbreak of infections. According to the report from the official Vietnam News Agency, the health ministry has issued the decision to …

Sarawak DAP questions the state government if its plan to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for the people of Sarawak was going forward. Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that since February, the state government has been speaking about procuring the Covid-19 vaccines and its own. However, there was still no progress since then. In a statement, he said that three …

According to PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Asia should be the one to lead the start of patent protection in order to procure cheaper medicines used to treat critical illnesses such as Covid-19 and HIV/AIDS. As the administration under the US President Joe Biden has intended to support the provisional waiver of intellectual property (IP) protection for Covid-19 vaccine, the …

Suprisingly, The House pioneers have approached the Department of Health (DOH) to venture up in the battle against COVID-19. The Appointee Speakers Mikee Romero and Bernadette Herrera explicitly got down on the public authority’s wellbeing supervisors on the need to improve the immunization rollout, contact following and bed limit of emergency clinics. The 1-Pacman party-list representative regretted how the Philippine …