A shipment of 600,000 doses of CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinovac Biotech arrives at Manila's Villamor Air Base in the Philippines. The batch is a donation from China to the Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a handover ceremony at the...
COVID-19 vaccine brand hesitancy and other challenges to vaccination in the PhilippinesBackground: COVID-19 vaccines have been developed at a rapid and unprecedented pace to control the spread of the virus, and prevent hospitalisations and deaths. However, there are a series of events and ...
As part of an agreement with AstraZeneca, Philippines will procure 17 million doses of the vaccine, with the first batch of the shots anticipated to arrive in May. The vaccine regimen comprises two equal standard doses of 0.5ml each administered four to 12 weeks apart to the patients. Phili...
The first batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine purchased by the Philippine government arrived in Manila on March 29.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian and other officials attended the vaccine delivery ceremony.The 1 million doses are the first delive...
CoronaVac is the second COVID-19 vaccine allowed to be administered to children in the Philippines. The FDA earlier granted emergency use of Pfizer vaccine for children. The Sinovac vaccine is also the first vaccine delivered in Manila as China donated the first batch on Feb. 28 last year, ...
U.S. Shipping 2.58 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Philippines More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A nurse fills a syringe with Pfizer vaccine as mobile vaccination teams begin visiting every Los Angeles Unified middle and high school campus to deliver first and second doses of th...
The vaccine will be available locally by the third quarter of 2021 and will be used to inoculate 15 million vulnerable and poor Filipinos, it said. Galvez has said the Philippines was negotiating with seven vaccine manufacturers to procure at least 148 millio...
diplomacy as a soft power tool to influence other countries on the one hand, and the increasing role of China on the world stage on the other hand, raises the question: how effective was Chinese vaccine diplomacy during COVID-19 in the Philippines and Vietnam from a soft power perspective?
Private entities may procure COVID-19 vaccines, but with the cooperation with the DOH and NTF through a multiparty agreement. The vaccine shall be for the exclusive use of such private companies or entities. The order of priority shall be: ...
China has been working to ensure that many people are vaccinated against COVID-19,by donating billions of vaccine doses to African countries,he said in an article published on the New Vision website.As of August,China had provided 189 million doses of vaccines to 27 African countries.In ...