The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration has authorised the emergency use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine, its head said on Thursday.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has shown a 95 per cent success rate, is the first vaccine the Philippines has approved.
FDA head Rolando Enrique Domingo told a media briefing China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd on Wednesday submitted to regulators its emergency use authorization application.
Russian drone, missile attack on Kyiv hits residential buildings
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight killing at least two people and injuring more than a dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard.
US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz
Iran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.
Trump honours Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, debuts new Air Force One
President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honouring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking it to his own vision for America ahead of the country's 250th anniversary.
Kenyan court charges 8 schoolgirls with fellow students' murder
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in late May.
At least 5 people killed in fire in Antwerp apartment block
At least five people were killed in a fire in a 10-storey apartment building in the Belgian city of Antwerp on Wednesday, police said.
Three people die in Mexico World Cup celebrations as fans crowd streets
Three people died from suffocation as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital's health secretariat said in the early hours of Wednesday.
After Venezuela quakes, citizens lead rescues amid military theft accusations
Venezuelans have been stepping up to speed up rescue operations as the search for survivors and victims of back-to-back earthquakes enters the eighth day.
Two dead after wildfire guts house in northern Greece
Two people died after a wildfire gutted a house in a forested settlement in northern Greece, the fire brigade said.
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