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(Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) last April 17 announced that the country will resume the use of AstraZeneca shots following an evaluation of experts on the vaccine. This came after the FDA recommended the resumption of the use of AstraZeneca vaccine, reiterating that benefits still outweigh the risks. “Tiningnan ng mga experts natin ito at nakita nila na talagang (Our experts looked at it and they found that) definitely, the benefit of using the vaccine outweighs the risk,” FDA Director General Eric Domingo said in a public briefing. “Kaya sina...

Tokyo Wants State of Emergency; Hungary Sees Peak: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a walk up vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. San Francisco opened its first neighborhood coronavirus vaccination site in the Mission District on Monday, with plans to open a second in the Bayview in the coming days, reported the San Francisco Chronicle. (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo plans to seek a state of emergency declaration in an effort to contain a...

(Photo by Jon Cherry / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) The latest addition to the COVID-19 shots that have been given with EUA by the FDA were the single-dose vaccine of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen and Covaxin of India’s Bharat Biotech. FDA Director General Eric Domingo said Bharat Biotech initially applied for an EUA on January 22, and has submitted their clinical trial data on March 9. “‘Yun po ang tinignan ng ating mga expert and they decided that the benefit of using this outweighs the risk (That’s what our experts have looked at and they decided that the bene...

FDA Director General Eric Domingo (RTVM / FILE PHOTO) The FDA has granted the emergency use authorization (EUA) to the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen, as well as the Covaxin developed by India’s Bharat Biotech, on Monday, April 19. “Ang ating (Our) requirement for approval, we should be able to see that the benefit outweighs the risk,” FDA Director General Eric Domingo said in a public press briefing on Tuesday. Domingo said the Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine has been approved in 40 countries and has an emergency use listing with the World Health Organizat...

Vaccine supplies crunch Developing nations are facing a massive vaccine supply crunch. A senior Duterte official assailed developed countries for “hoarding” doses, thus depriving medium- to low-income nations of badly needed shots. Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. receiving a box from UAE Ambassador Hamad Saeed Al Zaabi symbolising the 7 metric tons of medical supplies from the UAE to the Philippines. Witnessing the ceremonial turnover are Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the Philippines’ Declared National Policy Again...