COVID-19: J&J applies for emergency vaccine use in the Philippines

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has applied for emergency COVID-19 vaccine use in the Philippines .

The country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief disclosed this on Monday.

J&J’s documents was submitted on Wednesday and now under evaluation, FDA Director General Rolando Enrique Domingo told reporters.

J&J, which has a single-shot coronavirus vaccine, is the seventh vaccine maker to seek approval in the Philippines.

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