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UPDATES ON NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)

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Updates on COVID-19 Vaccines

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Date	Time	Update
March 20, 2021	1:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH biosurveillance detects additional B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.3 variant cases Among the eleventh batch of specimens subjected to Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), 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) have detected 46 additional B.1.1.7 variant cases, 62 additional B.1.351 variant cases, and six (6) additional P.3 variant cases. These additional cases were among the 150 samples composed mostly of samples from National Capital Region laboratories. Information of cases with these variants are being investigated and verified...
March 18, 2021		Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 103
March 17, 2021	3:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH, FDA: Serious adverse event not caused by the vaccine; no reason to suspend vaccination On 15 March 2021, a death was reported in an individual who had received the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently tested positive for COVID 19. In response, the regional and national AEFI committees were activated to conduct a thorough investigation of the case. Upon completion of the investigation following the 2019 WHO AEFI causality assessment methodology, the NAEFIC and RAEFIC concluded that the cause of the death was caused by COVID-19 itself, not by the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines cannot cause COVID-19...
March 13, 2021	5:00 PM	DOH issues Press Release: DOH, NTF: Vaccination pace expected to soar once vaccine supplies arrive The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) today assured the public that the current pace of the COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers is expected to rise exponentially once bulk of the government-procured doses, as well as those from the COVAX Facility arrive by mid-second quarter of this year...
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...

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