MANILA, Philippines — A member of the government’s vaccine expert panel underscored the need for the Philippines to produce COVID-19 vaccines so that the country would no longer be at the “mercy of suppliers.”
“Actually medyo proactive na rin po ang DOST (Department of Science and Technology) in that way na pinaguusapan na hindi tayo pwedeng nasa mercy ng mga suppliers na ‘pag ayaw nila tayong bigyan, e ‘di wala tayo,” Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the DOST’s vaccine development expert panel, said in a media forum Tuesday when asked regarding the possibility of the Philippines locally producing vaccines.
(Actually the DOST is being proactive about this, the…
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