Following is a summary of current health news briefs. More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID cases rise Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
(File photo) MANILA - The government's plan to start providing second Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some sectors is part of the efforts to strengthen the immune defenses of Filipinos amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Malacanang said Monday. Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this remark after the Department of Health (DOH) announced its planned rollout this week of the second Covid-19 booster shot for an initial batch of 1.8 million healthcare workers, elderly and immunocompromised patients. "The second booster dose recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and being planned for by the National Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center is our scientific response to waning immunity," Andanar said in a press statement. He said a second Covid-19 vaccine booster should be given because it helps people maintain strong protection from severe Covid-19 and death. "Our goal is to reinforce the shield that will prote
The two candidates from units of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and one from Sinovac contain inactivated or "killed" coronavirus.
BEIJING: The Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm says a subsidiary has received approval for clinical trials of a new vaccine specifically to target the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Cambodia is making all preparations to cooperate with China to set up a COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant, either by end of this year or 2023, said Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of Health Youk Sambath.