FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at "Chez Mauricette" coronavirus disease vaccination center in Poissy near Paris, France, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration has authorised for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the first to be approved in the country, which has among the most coronavirus cases in Asia.
FDA head Rolando Enrique Domingo said the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has shown a 95% success rate, could be effective in preventing COVID-19, with which nearly half a million people in the Philippines have been infected.
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