TOKYO – A man returning from the Philippines tested positive for the P.3 variant first detected in the Southeast Asian country, the Japanese health ministry reported on Friday.

TOKYO – The Japanese government will give 4.5 billion yen emergency grant aid through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to the Philippines and 24 other nations in the Asia-Pacific region to support their COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.

MANILA – The Philippines on Thursday received 487,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as part of the COVAX initiative, which aims to distribute jabs fairly across the world.

MANILA – The COVID-19 vaccine rollout on March 1 marked a historic event as the Philippine government began its biggest vaccination drive in scale following the receipt of 600,000 donated Sinovac doses from China.