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FDA Philippines warns on the use of unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines

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By Teddy Cambosa The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Philippines is reiterating its stand on the use of unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines, as there has been no official ruling as to what vaccines...

China reports 1st UK COVID-19 variant case in Shanghai

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a report from the China CDC Weekly published Wednesday, health authorities have reported the first case of the new variant COVID-19 originating in the United Kingdom: On...

Sulu island province in PH closes border due to new COVID-19 strain in Sabah

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By Teddy Cambosa The island province of Sulu in the southern tip of the Philippines has ordered travel restrictions in the province starting from January 4 to 17 due to news of the new COVID-19 strain...

UNICEF reports rise of cholera cases in West Africa

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By Teddy Cambosa The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has released statistics on the ongoing cholera outbreak in West Africa, and noted certain increases in cases in the region, with 22,366 cases...

PH’s health department say no expired test kits were distributed

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By Teddy Cambosa The Department of Health (DOH) and the Regional Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) in the Philippines has clarified their stance that there were no expired RT-PCR tests distributed...

First Case of United Kingdom Coronavirus Variant Detected in California

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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has been notified by San Diego County Public Health Services of a patient with the variant COVID-19 virus strain originally detected in the United Kingdom. This...

Four new cases of the UK COVID-19 virus variant detected in Sweden

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up report from Sweden, an additional four cases of the covid-19 variant reported from the UK have now been detected in Sweden. The lab analysis work has been intensified,...

Yellow fever outbreak in Senegal

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday an update on the yellow fever outbreak in the West Africa nation of Senegal. Since October, a total of seven confirmed...

LexaGene Begins FDA EUA Study for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Testing

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Molecular diagnostics company, LexaGene, announce that it has started a series of studies required by the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) testing for its COVID-19 assay in a point-of-care (POC)...

New video series, featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci and others, to increase understanding and confidence among HCPs about COVID-19 vaccines

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The Ad Council and the COVID Collaborative today announced a new resource designed to address healthcare professionals’ questions about COVID-19 vaccination. The videos [link]–which feature an...