Senator Bong Go on Friday lauded efforts of the national government, in coordination with the private sector, to boost the Philippines’ capability to locally manufacture and eventually develop its own vaccines.
LMP President and Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Chavit Singson says the limited number of vaccines in the country shouldn’t be a reason to exclude Local Chief Executives in the priority list. He clarified further that their constituents will be prioritized in the government’s vaccine rollout program.
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Thursday appealed to the World Health Organization (WHO) to put the Philippines on top of the list of beneficiaries in its COVAX facility and deliver the urgently needed vaccines to help avert the collapse of the country’s healthcare system.
Senator Bong Go has expressed his support for the establishment of a virology institute that will eventually enable the country to develop and manufacture its own vaccines against diseases, such as Covid-19, in the future.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Sunday expressed support for Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian’s call on the World Health Organization (WHO) to set aside its “assumptions” against certain industries that plan to buy coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines for their workers.
Allowing the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines “at will” may well be President Rodrigo Duterte’s best birthday gift to himself, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday.
More than 500 million doses of vaccines have been given around the world as of Friday, according to an AFP tally.
The illegally distributed vaccines against the COVID-19 virus might not have passed the Bureau of Costoms (BOC), said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.
Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday urged the government to start injecting vaccines into essential workers now instead of having to throw away vaccines that had expired.
Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday scored the proposal to disqualify tobacco firms and other private companies involved in businesses “in conflict with public health” from procuring their own vaccines, saying such a move, if implemented, would hamper the efforts on speeding up the roll out of vaccines across the broader population.
