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.

TOKYO – A female who received the Pfizer-BioNTech jab on Feb. 26 had died on March 1, the Japanese health ministry reported on Tuesday.

TOKYO – Japan has received three shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine so far, comprising approximately 1.4 million doses.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Thursday the National Hospital Organization's Tokyo Medical Center in Meguro Ward, where the country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched, to inspect the rollout.