The travel ban that was supposed to end on Friday was extended until Jan. 31. The list includes 33 countries and territory. It was not expanded to include the United Arab Emirates.
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The Philippines will be more cautious in choosing the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to the elderly after 23 Norwegian senior citizens who were given a Pfizer vaccine died, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Sunday.
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
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Lacson noted that while Sinovac may cost a little as $5 (about P240) per dose abroad, it may cost as much as a whopping $38 (more than P1, 800) in the Philippines.
The senator said a news article on Bangkok Post dated Jan. 16, 2021 indicated that the price of Sinovac was only $5 per dose, based on the figures provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and from the manufacturers.
But the Department of Health (DOH), during the budget deliberations last November, provided the Senate Committee on Finance the data on the Sinovac vaccine price which is at P3,629.50 for two doses.
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