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Combing AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines is safe, effective
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Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gets some attention in Europe
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Brazil claims 78% effectiveness for Chinese Covid vaccine
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DOH logs decrease in Covid cases in NCR
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US, European Union, 13 more nations want WHO to probe Covid origins
After the World Health Organization released findings of its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the United States, European Union...
Travel ban on India, six other nations extended to check Delta variant spread
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Population body finds population density also fuels Covid cases
There is relation between population density and number of cases for the coronavirus disease 2019, according to findings of the Commission on Population and...
New Covid mutations has potential to negate vaccines
The race against the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the...
DOH says Delta variant symptoms still hard to distinguish
It is impossible to distinguish Delta variant cases from regular Covid-19 infections based on symptoms as they have similar common flu-like manifestations.
In its latest...
