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Delay of AstraZeneca vaccines due to logistical concerns, not supply issues -WHO

The delayed arrival of the 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was due to logistical concerns, a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, contrary to claims of government officials that it was because of supply...
GMA News Online • 2 March 2021, 1:18PM
Roque welcomes WHO statement that Dengvaxia not a factor in vaccine makers' bid for indemnity deal

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday welcomed the statement of the World Health Organization that the Dengvaxia controversy has nothing to do with the request of COVID-19 vaccine makers for an indemnity agreement, contrary to what he...
GMA News Online • 24 February 2021, 7:28PM
WHO: Gov't may know something about Sinovac that we don't

MANILA, Philippines - The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Philippines on Tuesday said the limitations the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had set on the use of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine were likely due to...
Inquirer.net • 24 February 2021, 4:54AM
PH, Pfizer discussing 'minor clauses' on COVID-19 vaccine supply deal - WHO official

MANILA - The World Health Organization on Tuesday said the Philippines already received a side letter from COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Pfizer and that minor details are just being finalized in order for the country to receive its much-needed...
ABS-CBN News • 23 February 2021, 5:48PM
Pfizer asking PH only for 'standard' indemnification agreement - WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines Representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe denied the Philippines was being asked for specific requirements in its indemnification agreement with vaccine firm Pfizer due to the Dengvaxia dengue controversy. This...
Rappler • 23 February 2021, 5:30PM
PH completes requirements for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX -- WHO

MANILA - The Philippines has completed all requirements for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines being supplied by the COVAX Facility, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. The COVAX Facility, of which WHO is a member, is an initiative...
ABS-CBN News • 23 February 2021, 4:13PM
Relaxing Covid test requirements possible for areas with very low transmission — WHO

MANILA, Philippines - Relaxing requirements for Covid-19 testing only in travel between two areas that both have a very low transmission of coronavirus may be possible, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. WHO country representative Dr....
Inquirer.net • 23 February 2021, 3:54PM
‘Impasse’ on delivery of Pfizer vaccines cleared, as PH receives contract side letter -- WHO

MANILA, Philippines - The seeming impasse on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer may be resolved soon after the American drugmaker sent to the Philippine government a side letter for the arrival of the vaccine shots, the World Health...
Inquirer.net • 23 February 2021, 2:14PM
WHO still evaluating Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine, says official

The World Health Organization (WHO) cannot comment yet on the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac as its evaluation is still ongoing, Philippine country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said Tuesday. "We are...
GMA News Online • 23 February 2021, 1:20PM
Scheduled delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines to PH may be finalized this week

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines may hear within this week an announcement from global vaccine sharing alliance Covax Facility on when Covid-19 vaccines from British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca will arrive in the country, the World...
Inquirer.net • 23 February 2021, 12:47PM
Philippines receives side letter from Pfizer; WHO sees resolution of ‘impasse’ soon

The "impasse" between the Philippines and Pfizer on the delivery of coronavirus vaccines may be resolved soon after the government received a side letter from the American drugmaker, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday. "There...
GMA News Online • 23 February 2021, 12:25PM
I was the Australian doctor on the WHO's COVID-19 mission to China. Here's what we found.

As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. There, I was the Australian representative on the international World Health Organization's (WHO) investigation into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus . Much has...
Rappler • 23 February 2021, 11:13AM
Sinovac vaccine 'not low quality' - Malacanang

Malacanang staunchly defended CoronaVac, the vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, after it secured Philippine emergency use approval but was not recommended for use for health workers and senior citizens. "It is not a low-quality vaccine. It...
Rappler • 22 February 2021, 2:10PM
Smart Cities in ASEAN: Powering Good amidst Tough Times

Last March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic, naming Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, as the disease that's responsible for the outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the majority of nations to go on emergency...
Inquirer.net • 22 February 2021, 12:39PM
DOH to submit virus mutations’ data to WHO, int’l database to determine possible ‘harm’

The Department of Health (DOH) will submit its data on the two newly detected mutations of coronavirus in the country to the World Health Organization (WHO) for further study, Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Monday. Interviewed on GMA...
GMA News Online • 22 February 2021, 9:07AM
WHO to help classify virus ‘mutations of concern’ detected in Cebu — DOH

MANILA, Philippines - The World Health Organization (WHO) will help determine if the two unknown mutations of SARS-CoV-2 detected in Cebu province are a specific type of a Covid-19 variant, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday. Health...
Inquirer.net • 20 February 2021, 4:09PM
WHO, drug firms to cover costs for side effects in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials-- official

MANILA - The World Health Organization and vaccine firms will cover medical expenses in case some volunteers to their respective clinical trials experience side effects from COVID-19 jabs, a Department of Science and Technology official said...
ABS-CBN News • 20 February 2021, 1:55PM
WHO considering 3 Covid-19 vaccines in solidarity trials -- DOST

MANILA, Philippines - The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering three Covid-19 vaccines for its solidarity trials, but the date on when this activity would commence remains uncertain, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said...
Inquirer.net • 19 February 2021, 3:56PM
Pfizer, Sinovac deliveries to PH face more delays

The delivery of Pfizer and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to the country, scheduled for this month, is facing more delays. Even if the Philippines has submitted the indemnification agreement required by the COVAX vaccine pool of the World Health...
Inquirer.net • 19 February 2021, 5:32AM
COVAX anticipates first bulk of COVID-19 vaccine delivery in March

The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) announced on Thursday that deliveries of vaccines will be done in the next two months. The statement was issued after the World Health Organization (WHO) approved two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford...
GMA News Online • 18 February 2021, 11:33PM
WHO warns Philippines vs. large-scale easing of community quarantines

The World Health Organization on Thursday warned the Philippines against the proposed nationwide relaxation of the community quarantine, citing the likely upsurge in COVID-19 cases with the UK variant and with the vaccination of most Filipinos still...
GMA News Online • 18 February 2021, 9:55PM
WHO: First batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vax to arrive two weeks after indemnification deal is signed

The delivery of 117,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAx facility will happen two weeks after the Philippines and Pfizer-BioNTech signed an indemnification agreement, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. WHO representative to...
GMA News Online • 18 February 2021, 6:48PM
WHO warns PH of COVID upsurge if quarantine restrictions eased

MANILA, Philippines - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned the Philippines that it may observe an upsurge of COVID-19 cases if the government eases quarantine restrictions, considering that the country has yet to start vaccinations...
Inquirer.net • 18 February 2021, 6:29PM
Galvez: Manufacturing complications delay delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines

MANILA, Philippines - The delivery of Covid-19 vaccines from British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca is getting delayed due to manufacturing complications, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. Galvez explained that there are doses that will...
Inquirer.net • 18 February 2021, 5:08PM
Manufacturing issues delaying delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines —Galvez

The delivery of coronavirus vaccines from British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca is being delayed by manufacturing complications, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. Galvez said the doses from AstraZeneca Philippines will be...
GMA News Online • 18 February 2021, 3:30PM
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