Monday, April 12, 2021

COVID-19 SITUATION: 4/12/2021

  

The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

  • COVID-19 vaccination for A4 priority group may start in May or June - NEDA official
  • Al fresco dining, limited religious gatherings allowed under MECQ
  • Over 350K tourism sector workers get cash aid form DOT, DOLE
  • China's Sinovac Biotech may not pursue COVID-19 vaccine trials in PH - DOST
  • DOH warns vs home use of rapid antigen tests
  • PH sets dry run for rollout of Russian COVID-19 jab "Sputnik V"
  • DOST chief gets AstraZeneca jab
  • UP Diliman Health Service temporarily closes as staff contract COVID-19
  • Port's passenger terminals to operate 50% capacity during MECQ - PPA
  • Pandemic milestone: PH injects over 1M vaccine doses
  • Germany COVID-19 infections pass 3 million: official
  • Chinese CDC director refutes interpretation of "low protection rate of Chinese vaccines," says it confuses scientific vision he proposes to improve efficacy
  • "Hand of God": Nurses in Brazil use gloves to simulate "human contact" for COVID-19 patients
  • Maduro says Venezuela will produce Cuban COVID-19 vaccine
  • COVID patient in Japan receives world's first living donor lung transplant
  • Contracting coronavirus from surfaces is "1-in-10,000 chance" - CDC
  • S. African COVID variant better at bypassing Pfizer/BioNTech jab: Israeli study
  • India bans export of COVID-19 treatment drug remdesivir
  • Peru votes amid deadly coronavirus surge

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