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  • PHL most likely to buy anti-COVID vaccine from China or Russia

    PHL most likely to buy anti-COVID vaccine from China or Russia

    By Fernan Angeles FOR the nth time, President Rodrigo Duterte has shown preferential treatment for the Chinese as he hinted at prioritizing coronavirus vaccines made by China, even as he accused Western pharmaceutical companies of “profiting” amid the pandemic. If proven safe and effective, Duterte also said that administration would mostly like buy COVID-19 vaccines…

  • FDA: Vaccine may be available by year-end

    FDA: Vaccine may be available by year-end

    By Fernan Angeles THE government is optimistic that a vaccine against COVID-19 infection would most likely be available by the end of the year. Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo, concurrent director general of the Food and Drugs Administration, said that by that time, the world would probably have hundreds of vaccines which have already passed the…

  • Russia is first country to develop a COVID-19 vaccine

    Russia is first country to develop a COVID-19 vaccine

    MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation of…