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Indian serum institute to make 100 million virus vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 03:53 AM

Up to 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses could be made available for poorer countries by 2021 under a deal struck Friday for production at the Serum Institute of India.   Read more »

Russia ready to supply Philippines with ‘effective,’ ‘safe’ coronavirus vaccine

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 12:11 AM

Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev said proposals to conduct clinical trials and the possible local production of the vaccine were submitted to local authorities. Read more »

Unprecedented ways to speed up COVID-19 vaccine development

Teodoro Padilla — Medicine Matters
Posted at Aug 07 10:29 PM

Due to unprecedented collaborations, more than 165 vaccines against the coronavirus are in development as of today. Of this number, 28 vaccines are in human trials. Read more »

WHO says 'vaccine nationalism' cannot beat virus

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 05:29 AM

The World Health Organization Thursday warned against "vaccine nationalism," saying vaccine-hogging richer countries would not be safe coronavirus havens if poor nations remained exposed. Read more »

Trump says US coronavirus vaccine 'possible' by November

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 07 03:41 AM

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a vaccine may be produced ahead of the US presidential election on November 3 -- a more optimistic timeline than given by his top infectious diseases doctor. Read more »

City of Manila allocates P200 million for COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 06:43 PM

Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Thursday said he approved a P200 million supplemental budget to be used to buy coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for residents in the city. Read more »

City of Manila allocates P200 million for COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 06:40 PM

Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Thursday said he approved a P200 million supplemental budget to be used to buy coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for residents in the city. Read more »

Elderly, minority trial recruits vital to COVID-19 vaccine success: expert

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 06 05:39 AM

Past medical research in the United States has been plagued by focusing on homogeneous populations, skewing results, despite federal guidelines to include diverse groups, he said. Read more »

US signs $1 billion vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 05:32 AM

The US government Wednesday announced a new $1 billion investment in a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson, guaranteeing 100 million doses. Read more »

German-Chinese coronavirus vaccine trial begins in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 08:52 PM

BERLIN - Clinical trials on humans have begun in China for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by German pharmaceutical group BioNTech with Chinese company Fosun Pharma, the companies said Wednesday. Read more »

FDA nagbabala vs pekeng bakuna vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 06:58 PM

Nagbabala ang Food and Drug Administration laban sa ibinebentang bakuna umano kontra coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

Scientists are optimistic about new vaccine studies from Novavax

Carl Zimmer and Katie Thomas, The New York TImes
Updated as of Aug 05 07:30 AM

Novavax, the little-known Maryland company that received a $1.6 billion deal from the federal government for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, announced encouraging results in two preliminary studies on Tuesday.   Read more »

PH eyes to immunize 3 million Filipinos from COVID-19 under global facility

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 05:47 PM

MANILA - The Philippines aims to immunize at least 3 percent of its 100-million population from COVID-19 through a global vaccination facility, a top science official said Tuesday.   Read more »

Harvard researchers want more 'crappy' tests for COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 12:00 PM

Washington, United States -- The aphorism "perfect is the enemy of good enough" has been played out to tragic effect in the US's inadequate testing for the coronavirus, according to researchers calling for quick tests that cost only about a dollar each, and which may not be as accurate but can be carried out several times a week by the whole population. Read more »

Russia aims to produce 'millions' of virus doses by 2021

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 06:44 PM

Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out "several million" doses per month by next year. Read more »

Scientists worry about political influence over coronavirus vaccine project

Sharon LaFraniere, Katie Thomas, Noah Weiland, Peter Baker and Annie Karni, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 03 03:21 PM

The ensuing race for a vaccine is now testing the system set up to ensure safe and effective drugs to a degree never before seen.  Read more »

Russia sets mass vaccination for October after shortened trial

Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 03 08:54 AM

Russia plans to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign in October with a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to complete clinical trials, raising international concern about the methods the country is using to compete in the global race to inoculate the public. Read more »

Baka July 2021 pa magkaroon ng bakuna vs COVID-19: DOST official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 07:02 PM

Posibleng sa Hulyo 2021 pa magkaroon ng bakuna para sa coronavirus disease ang Pilipinas, ayon sa isang opisyal ng Department of Science and Technology. Read more »

US official cautions over China, Russia virus vaccines as race heats up

Agence France-Presse bureaus
Updated as of Aug 01 11:17 PM

US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said it was unlikely his country would use any vaccine developed in either Russia or China. Read more »

EU reserves 300 million doses of potential Sanofi virus vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 01 09:45 AM

The EU announced Friday that it had struck a deal with French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi for 300 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine. Read more »