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A Year into COVID-19 Lockdowns, Rural Filipinos Eke Out Living

Many people in rural areas of the Philippines are scratching out a living after a year of coronavirus lockdowns.
Baby Jane Velicaria, 23, joined an exodus from Manila and other cities when the government imposed the first of its COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantines in March 2020.
She works today at her father’s tobacco farm in Balungao, a municipality in northern Pangasinan province. She used to work at a bag factory in the big city.
“I lost my job in the factory because of the lockdown,” Velicaria told BenarNews. “I went back here in March last year, and I haven’t had a job since.” ....

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Indonesia Greenlights China's Sinovac Vaccine for Emergency Use — BenarNews

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Indonesia on Monday authorized emergency use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac, becoming the first country outside China to approve the drug, ahead of a mass inoculation drive this week.
Meanwhile, the Philippines announced its first purchases of coronavirus vaccines, and health officials in Bangladesh confirmed the country’s first delivery of a vaccine for later this month.
Preliminary results of late-stage trials in Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey showed that the vaccine – known as CoronaVac – had efficacy rates of 65.3 percent, 78 percent, and 91.25 percent, respectively, according to Indonesia’s food and drug regulator, BPOM.
“Taking into account the emergency situation and responding to the need to act swiftly to deal with COVID-19, BPOM decided to issue an emergency-use authorization,” agency director Penny Lukito told a press conference. ....

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