The Philippines was vulnerable to dropping COVID-19 vaccine donations after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an finish to the worldwide well being emergency, a lawmaker mentioned over the weekend.
According to Iloilo Representative and former Health Secretary Janette Garin, nations such because the Philippines may lose COVID-19 vaccine donations which is why the federal government ought to expedite and ease the discharge of the vaccines.
“Each country will have to be self-sufficient kaya maaapektuhan ito kapag ang gagawin ng ating Department of Health ay dumepende sa mga donasyon,” she mentioned in an interview on GMA Super Radyo DZBB.
(Each nation should be self-sufficient which is why we might be affected if our Department of Health will rely upon donations.)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday mentioned COVID-19 now not represented a world well being emergency, three years after it was reported at its highest stage of alert.
Former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who additionally served because the chairperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19, mentioned the Department of Health (DOH) ought to look into subsidizing the COVID-19 vaccines.
“Pag-aralan na ng DOH na i-subsidize na lamang itong mga bakuna sa mga mahihirap… Doon naman who can afford these vaccines ay dapat ang mga vaccine manufacturing companies mag-apply na sila for certificate of product registration,” he mentioned in a report by Dano Tingcungco on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.
(The DOH ought to research subsidizing vaccines for the poor. For those that can afford these vaccines, the vaccine manufacturing firms ought to apply for a certificates of product registration.)
Just final week, Nasdaq-listed Moderna mentioned it deliberate to ascertain an Enterprise Solutions Hub within the Philippines, with operations within the nation focused to start out by the third quarter of the yr.
Meanwhile, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero mentioned paperwork on the procurement of vaccines needs to be declassified and made public, as the federal government can not cover the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) it signed with vaccine producers.
“Nasagot naman ‘yan doon sa Senate hearing… Nagpaliwanag ang Department of Finance… At hindi na rin issue ang NDA kasi nga binigay na ng Department of Health ‘yung mga procurement contracts sa Commission on Audit,” Duque mentioned.
(That was answered in the course of the Senate listening to. The Department of Finance defined… And the NDA is now not a difficulty as a result of the Department of Health already gave the procurement contracts to the Commission on Audit.)
The newest knowledge obtainable from the DOH confirmed that the nation had to this point administered 179,046,746 COVID-19 vaccines as of March 19, 2023 — 75.703 million first doses, 79.164 million full doses, and 24.178 million booster doses. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
