UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)


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Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines

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Date Time Update
March 13, 2021 11:00 AM

DOH issues Press Release: Continuing biosurveillance detects additional B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 CASES and P.1 variant case
The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) confirm the detection of 59 new cases positive for the B.1.1.7 variant (UK variant), 32 additional cases positive for the B.1.351 variant (South Africa variant), and thirteen (13) cases with mutations of possible clinical significance (E484K and N501Y mutations)...
March 12, 2021 9:00 AM

DOH issues Press Release: DOH, FDA: No reason to halt AstraZeneca vaccination in PH; benefits continue to outweigh risks
The DOH and FDA are aware that a few countries in the European Union have recently paused their vaccination campaign with COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca following reports of blood clots in people who received the vaccine. This has been decided as a precautionary measure, while they conduct a full investigation to determine causality between the vaccination and the reported adverse events following immunization...
March 11, 2021

Clarification on Provisions of Department Memorandum 2021-0099 entitled the "Interim Omnibus Guidelines for the Implementation of the National Vaccine Deployment Plan for COVID-19"
March 05, 2021 1:15 PM

DOH issues Press Release: Targeted sequencing detect 52 B.1.351 cases, 31 B.1.1.7 cases, and 42 cases with mutations of interest
The Department of Health (DOH), the UP-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the UP-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) report the detection of 52 additional B.1.351 variant (South Africa variant) cases, 31 additional B.1.1.7 variant (UK variant) cases, and 42 additional cases with mutations of potential clinical significance among the 9th batch of 350 samples sequenced by the UP-PGC...
March 04, 2021

Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 Vaccines Resolution No. 5
March 04, 2021 5:00 PM

DOH issues Press Release: Philippines welcomes the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX facility
Today, more than 480,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the Philippines from the COVAX Facility, the international partnership established to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. The Philippines is among the first countries in Southeast Asia to receive vaccines from the COVAX Facility. COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), working in partnership with UNICEF as well as the World Bank, civil society organisations, manufacturers, and others...

 

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