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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)â��also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19â��isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (gray) cultured in the lab. Image captured and colorized at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana.

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This handout photo taken on February 28, 2021 and received from the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (2nd L) looking at a vial of the Sinovac vaccine, after a plane transporting the first batch of the vaccine arrived abroad a Chinese air force plane, at Villamor air base in Manila.

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In this file photo taken on November 23, 2020 is pictured a bottle reading "Vaccine Covid-19" next to US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech logos on November 23, 2020. Pharma companies Pfizer and BioNTech on December 1, 2020 filed for European approval for their coronavirus vaccine, following in the footsteps of competitor Moderna, while the OECD predicted the world economy would bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by late 2021.

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Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. made the announcement yesterday as the government rolled out its vaccination program following the arrival on Sunday of 600,000 donated doses of Sinovac vaccines from China.

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Philippines to buy 1 million doses of Sinovac this March

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, who urged the public not to wait for the â��bestâ�� vaccine and to avail themselves of the jabs, showed â��leadership by exampleâ�� when he received CoronaVac vaccine, developed by Chinaâ��s Sinovac, at the Philippine General Hospital to boost peopleâ��s confidence in the governmentâ��s campaign.

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1 hour ago - The DOH reports two additional samples from Central Visayas with both N501Y and E484K mutations. Meanwhile, two cases from the region previously reported to ha...

3 hours ago - The US Senate will start its debate "this week" on President Joe Biden's massive economic stimulus plan, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

3 hours ago - Italy's foreign ministry says it had summoned Myanmar's ambassador to demand an end to the deadly crackdown on protests in the Southeast Asian...

13 hours ago - Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first recipient of a coronavirus vaccine under the global Covax scheme, as US health workers prepared...

16 hours ago - Zamboanga City will still require visitors to the city to take RT-PCR swab tests despite the decision of the policy-setting Inter-Agency Task Force for the Mana...

18 hours ago - As the Philippines starts its vaccination program, the Department of Health logs 2,037 more COVID-19 cases, pushing the national caseload to 578,381. The...

19 hours ago - Zamboanga City police have arrested three suspected "drug personalities" and seized some P2 million worth of shabu in separate operations, officials s...

20 hours ago - The interior department has served the Sandiganbayan's order to suspend San Fernando City, La Union Mayor Hermenegildo “Dong” Gualberto for 90 d...

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In this picture taken on December 8, 2020 shows Shunsuke Aoki, CEO of Yukai Engineering talking with the robot Bocco emo in a studio in Tokyo. Smart home assistants like Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide, but tech firms in Japan are reporting huge demand for more humanlike alternatives, as people seek solace during virus isolation.

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Pro-democracy supporters make hand signs outside the West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on March 1, 2021, ahead of court appearances by dozens of dissidents charged with subversion in the largest use yet of Beijing's sweeping new national security law.

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Nurses prepare doses of the Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, at the Hermanas Misioneras de la Comunidad Cristiana nursing home in Medellin, Colombia, on February 27, 2021.

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Sought for comment yesterday if the start of the inoculation program for frontline health workers would facilitate the easing of quarantine restrictions at least in Metro Manila by next month, the finance chief replied: â��I believe so.â��

DOF chief sees further easing of restrictions

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BOC-NAIA district collector Mimel Talusan said the vaccines were processed and released through the bureauâ��s advance clearance process to ensure expedient release and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Manila Mayor Isko Moreno receives boxes of Sinovac vaccines for the cityâ��s frontliners, at the Sta. Ana Hospital yesterday.

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â��A confirmatory test was done and the results turned out positive,â�� San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora said in a statement yesterday.

Zamora tests positive for COVID-19

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Project implementer Philippine Statistics Authority yesterday said a total of 20.133 million Filipinos completed the first step of registration for the national ID system.

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‘Duterte admin has filed 60 diplomatic protests vs China’

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