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The country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is currently reviewing the new applications for the conduct of two independent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine clinical trials in the country. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP / FILE PHOTO) This was disclosed by Dr. Mario Antonio Jiz, a panel member, at...

An infectious disease expert said Wednesday, May 5, it is still premature to give in to National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Karl Kendrick Chua’s proposal to place the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus under a less stringent community quarantine status this May....

A member of the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is seeing President Duterte’s decision to receive the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine as a boon for the government’s vaccination program, saying it would encourage more people to get themselves vaccinated. Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the...