Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V effective vs. Omicron variant

SPUTNIK V is twice more effective than the Pfizer vaccine in neutralizing activity against the Omicron - this is the main takeaway from the latest analysis by Italy’s Experimental Institute Lazzaro Spallanzani, Russia’s Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and Moscow State Sechenov Medical University.

More Covid vaccines arriving

AT LEAST 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the country in the next few months, according to the government.

Duterte eyes 20 million doses of Russian Covid vaccine

THE DUTERTE administration is eyeing to purchase at least 20 million doses of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Gamaleya Sputnik V, following a recent phone conversation between the Filipino leader and President Vladimir Putin.

Russia says Covid vaccine costs under $10

THE RUSSIAN Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced the cost of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for international markets will be less than $10 per dose starting from February 2021, which is less than $20 for the two doses necessary to vaccinate one person.

Funds for anti-Covid vaccines ready

PRESIDENT DUTERTE assured the public that the government has money for the acquisition of Russian and Chinese vaccines for the coronavirus disease.