PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte said China may be among the first countries to develop a potential vaccine against the coronavirus disease or Covid-19, adding, it could even be available as early as September.
“Just pray that the vaccine, ang target nila is September. September I think China will be able to distribute if I’m not mistaken. And the other countries are catching up. Everybody is at it so they are really trying their very best,” Duterte said.
Duterte lauded China’s humility, reiterating his confidence that it would succeed in its endeavor to provide immunity against the deadly respiratory disease.
“Kaya lang itong China hindi ito hambog. Wala itong ere, but you know, they work and I’m very sure that they will be the first one, one of the countries that would be able to come up with a vaccine,” he said.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the Philippines’ collaboration with organizations Adimmune Corporation, Academia Sinica, Chinese Academy of Science-Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, and Sinopharma-Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and Beijing Institute on clinical trials for vaccines they were developing.
Once finished, the clinical trials will also be one of the requirements for the vaccine registration process by the Food and Drug Administration.
Duterte, in previous speeches, said he was looking for funds for the immediate purchase of dosages of the vaccine once it is available and assured the public the national government is ready to implement an immunization plan should a vaccine roll out in the future.
Since a vaccine has yet to be developed, Duterte renewed his call to observe health and safety precautions such as wearing of face masks, physical distancing, and frequent washing of hands despite easing quarantine restrictions.
“Remember the Covid microbes are still in the air that you breathe, that you pass on to your fellowmen if you are not ready or willing to wear the mask. It is precisely, this is the protection not for you if you do not want it, but for the protection of the other guy,” he said.
Duterte also justified his decision to impose community quarantines across the country to prevent the spread of the virus after it spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
“So that to prevent a mass contagion, gusto namin putulin kung saan namin maputol to stop it. That is the reason of the essence of the police power of the state, to come up with measures to protect public interest, public health, public safety, lahat nandiyan na yan,” he said.
After relaxing quarantine protocols across the country, Duterte said although the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has surpassed 15,000, the country still has a low fatality rate so far. (By Azer Parrocha. With additional report from Mindanao Examiner.)
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“Just pray that the vaccine, ang target nila is September. September I think China will be able to distribute if I’m not mistaken. And the other countries are catching up. Everybody is at it so they are really trying their very best,” Duterte said.
Duterte lauded China’s humility, reiterating his confidence that it would succeed in its endeavor to provide immunity against the deadly respiratory disease.
“Kaya lang itong China hindi ito hambog. Wala itong ere, but you know, they work and I’m very sure that they will be the first one, one of the countries that would be able to come up with a vaccine,” he said.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the Philippines’ collaboration with organizations Adimmune Corporation, Academia Sinica, Chinese Academy of Science-Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, and Sinopharma-Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and Beijing Institute on clinical trials for vaccines they were developing.
Once finished, the clinical trials will also be one of the requirements for the vaccine registration process by the Food and Drug Administration.
Duterte, in previous speeches, said he was looking for funds for the immediate purchase of dosages of the vaccine once it is available and assured the public the national government is ready to implement an immunization plan should a vaccine roll out in the future.
Since a vaccine has yet to be developed, Duterte renewed his call to observe health and safety precautions such as wearing of face masks, physical distancing, and frequent washing of hands despite easing quarantine restrictions.
“Remember the Covid microbes are still in the air that you breathe, that you pass on to your fellowmen if you are not ready or willing to wear the mask. It is precisely, this is the protection not for you if you do not want it, but for the protection of the other guy,” he said.
Duterte also justified his decision to impose community quarantines across the country to prevent the spread of the virus after it spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
“So that to prevent a mass contagion, gusto namin putulin kung saan namin maputol to stop it. That is the reason of the essence of the police power of the state, to come up with measures to protect public interest, public health, public safety, lahat nandiyan na yan,” he said.
After relaxing quarantine protocols across the country, Duterte said although the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has surpassed 15,000, the country still has a low fatality rate so far. (By Azer Parrocha. With additional report from Mindanao Examiner.)
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