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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 17) The Philippine government is looking for more supply of low dead space syringes, which are needed to extract all six doses from each COVID-19 vaccine vial.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday emphasized these low dead space syringes are needed to prepare for succeeding Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine vials that will arrive in the country.
She said the first batch of Pfizer vaccines due for delivery in the country from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility, are provided with these syringes. Actually, there was this one supplier pero iyong ating nilagay na presyo ay sobrang taas naman po iyong sa supplier kaya hindi po aabot iyong budget natin for that, Vergeire said.
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Palestinian officials have accused Israel of preventing a vital first shipment of 2,000 coronavirus vaccines intended for frontline health workers from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority said a planned transfer of Russian Sputnik V inoculations to the coastal enclave, which is geographically disconnected from the West Bank where the authority is headquartered, was blocked on Monday at an Israeli checkpoint. “[T]he.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hosts a virtual meeting of G7 leaders where COVID-19 will be a major focus, at a time when both Britain and the United States are at odds with China over a range of issues, from the pandemic to trade, and from maritime disputes in the South China Sea to Hong Kong and human rights.