Garin airs misgivings on gov't funds to be spent on WHO Solidarity trials - Manila Bulletin

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Garin airs misgivings on gov’t funds to be spent on WHO Solidarity trials

Instead of spending P89 million for the development of an anti-COVID 19 vaccine, the Philippines should insist on contributing the expertise and industry of its scientists and medical experts for the effort being undertaken under the Solidarity trials of the World Health Organization .Iloilo Rep.

Responding to Garin’s objection to the allocation of government funds for the development of COVID-19 vaccine, Muntinlupa City Rep. Ruffy Biazon said the Philippines is bound to follow the conditions set under the WHO Solidarity trials. Garin stressed that firms experimenting on the vaccines pay for the fees of subjects volunteering to try the new formulas.

 

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