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Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday said he filed a bill seeking to expand the countrys pool of vaccinators for the national immunization program to include other health professionals, students, as well as those without medical background, ahead of the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Read more about India to gift 2 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield to Bangladesh on Business Standard. Bangladeshs health minister Zahid Maleque speaking at a press conference earlier today in Dhaka said, "Indian government will send some Covid vaccines to Bangladesh as a gift"

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Indias COVID-19 tally stands at more than 1.05 crore, including 1.52 lakh deaths. More than 30,000 people have received COVID-19 vaccine in Bihar.

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National January 11, 2021 FAISALABAD: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that the Sarwar Foundation is providing clean drinking water to two million people daily while water filtration plants are being set up in jails, hospitals, educational institutions and Police Lines. He said this while talking to media after inaugurating a water filtration plant at Chief Traffic Officer Office here on Sunday. Provincial Minister for Colonies and Culture Mian Khayal Ahmed Kastro, Parliamenta...

Photo by Dr. Luningning Villa of DOH MANILA, Jan 10 -- The Philippine government, represented by Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., Serum Institute of India (SII) and Faberco Life Sciences, Inc., have signed a Term Sheet on January 9, 2021 to secure the supply of 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax, which will be available starting third quarter of this year. “This is a significant milestone in relations between India and the Philippines. It shows that we don’t have to look...

Philippines: Re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases – Polio outbreak – Operation Update, DREF n° MDRPH032 (12-month update: 29 December 2020) Format Summary of major changes: The emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Philippines in March 2020 has to an extent, directed health system focus from vaccination campaigns for polio and measles, towards COVID-19 management. Consequently, some activities planned under the EPoA for Polio within the intended timeline had to de...

Displaced Children at Myaing Gyi Ngu IDP Camp Vaccinated Over 200 children at the Myaing Gyi Ngu internally displaced persons camp have received their first ever inoculations this week, amid a joint vaccination drive by the Karen Department of Health and Welfare and the state health department. Between July 4-6 children under five were given a slew of vaccines protecting against tuberculosis, tetanus, chickenpox, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis B, pneumococcal disease, measles and polio. “Th...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 14:31 GMT+7 A researcher at Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology implementing tests on Nanocovax, Vietnams first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for human trial. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre Nanocovax – one of Vietnam’s domestically developed vaccines for COVID-19 – has officially received volunteers for its human clinical trial phase. Meanwhile, three other candidates are each running their own race to come up with an approved COVID-19 vaccine for ...

Polio vaccination campaign underway in Eastern Equatoria State Eastern Equatoria state last Friday launched a mass polio vaccination campaign targeting more than 300,000 children under five years of age. Authorities say the campaign which is expected to continue for five days,  is in response to 15 confirmed cases across the country including Torit county recently. Eastern Equatoria state Expanded Program on Immunization or EPI manager Mr. Oler Charles Adelino says the campaign will reach all ...