Covid vaccine needs approval first

Covid vaccine needs approval first – DoH

By Red Mendoza

Nov 29, 2020 12:20 am

A vaccine for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) targeted for distribution in the Philippines in the middle of 2021 will have to be approved first by a regulatory panel, an official of the Department of Health (DoH) said on Saturday.

A DOSE OF HOPE (From left) Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion 3rd; vaccine czar Carlito Galvez; and Lotis Ramin, country president of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc., pose for photos with shots of some of the Philippines’ top business leaders on a giant multipaneled screen after signing an agreement involving the private sector to procure a Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca on Nov. 27, 2020. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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