MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine women’s volleyball team is off to a good start after defeating Malaysia in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Philippine team won against Malaysia in SEA Games women’s volleyball The team had an impressive performance of 25-14, 25-20, 25-15, winning against Malaysia at […]
OSLO, Norway/ TOKYO, Japan, Apr 8, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and NEC Corporation (NEC: TSE: 6701) today announced the latest funding award under its US$200m programme to advance the development of vaccines that provide broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants and other betacoronaviruses(1). CEPI will provide […]
TOKYO, Mar 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Chubu University, Tokai University, Tohoku University School of Medicine and DENSO Corporation have found that monogalactosyl diacylglyceride (MGDG), a component contained in the chloroplasts of a microalga called Coccomyxa sp. KJ(1), has a virucidal effect(2) against COVID-19. Coccomyxa sp. KJ is a fast-growing, vigorous, and […]
Cambridge, MA, Feb 17, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Moderna, Inc., (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has granted provisional registration for the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, in a 50 ug dose, two-dose series, for […]
MANILA, Philippines – A 37-year-old obstetrician-gynecologist (ob-gyn) serving during pandemic and her unborn child died of COVID-19. Dr. Anne Mimay-Magkasi, who was 31 weeks pregnant, succumbed to COVID-19 on August 1 after testing positive on July 28. Magkasi was unable to get the vaccine against COVID-19 because of her pregnancy. Photo from Facebook/Anne Mimay-Magkasi According […]
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to arrest people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 during a weekly televised public address on Monday, June 21. According to Duterte, individuals who refuse to get vaccinated are carriers capable of infecting other people as they travel from one place to another. Emphasizing the need […]
HONG KONG, Jun 14, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has appointed Aaron Herps as the General Manager of its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), following the departure of Neil Gane, who leaves AVIA to take up a position with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Herps joined AVIA […]