Sources: BBC News
A massive fire damages the Manila Central Post Office in Manila, Philippines. 2023-05-21
The U.S. purchases 300,000 more doses of vaccines from Bavarian Nordic, including the Jynneos vaccine, as part of an effort to combat the monkeypox outbreak. 2022-06-10
Bavarian Nordic announces that it will supply the Imvanex vaccine to Europe in response to the monkeypox outbreak. 2022-05-19
Pakistan approves the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the third vaccine to be approved in the country after the Sinopharm and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. 2021-02-9
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves receives his first dose of the vaccine live on Facebook. 2021-01-13
The United Arab Emirates announces that they will roll out the Sinopharm vaccine to all adult UAE citizens. 2020-12-22
The European Union announces that it will sign a contract to receive 160 million vaccine doses from Moderna. 2020-11-24
Malaysian Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin signed an agreement with his Chinese counterpart Wang Zhigang to cooperate on the development of a safe and efficacious vaccine, as part of efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-11-18
In response to criticism of his government's extrajudicial killings of 1,800 people since July, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says that U.S. forces advising the Armed Forces of the Philippines against an Islamic insurgency in Mindanao are doing more harm than good and must leave the country, saying, ”I do not want a rift with America, but they have to go," during a speech in Manila. 2016-09-12
2015 Valenzuela fire: At least 72 people die after a fire engulfs a rubber sandal factory in Valenzuela City, a northern suburb of Manila, Philippines. 2015-05-13