NEW DONATIONS. Customs personnel inspect the shipment of 3,436,290 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 via a Silkway Airlines flight on Thursday night (Feb. 10, 2022). The jabs were donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - More than four million doses of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) arrived in two tranches at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday night. First to land at Terminal 3 was the Air Hong Kong flight carrying 780,000 doses intended for the vaccination of minors aged five years to 11 years, procured by the government through the World Bank. About two hours later, 3,436,290 doses donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility arrived at Terminal 2 via Silkway Airlines. National Task Force Against (NTF) Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.; United States Agenc
CHINA-MADE JABS. National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (right) and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian talk as boxes of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine are unloaded from a Philippine Airlines flight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 on Sunday (Oct. 24, 2021) night. Two of the three million doses were government-procured while the rest of the vaccines were donated by China. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The delivery of three million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday night moved the country closer to its goal of 100 million doses by the end of the month. Philippine Airlines Flight PR359 landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 past 6 p.m. carrying the life-saving jabs - two million procured by the government and one million donated by China. "We are 2.5 million short of our target 100 million we have now 97,678,340 and we will have more arriving next week," National Task Force (NTF) Aga
Department of Health Undersecretary and Spokesperson Ma. Rosario Vergeire (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 6) Department of Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire has been named as head of a group of experts tasked to study new COVID-19 variants and suggest policies to the country s coronavirus task force.
In a statement, Malacañang said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Tuesday created the Technical Working Group (TWG) on COVID-19 Variants upon the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. This Technical Working Group will monitor and identify the occurrence of new variants of COVID-19 in the country and will provide policy recommendations to the IATF on the appropriate response regarding these variants, the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson said.