Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has underscored the need for the creation of a Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control following the declaration of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Baguio City. Gatchalian is a co-author of the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Monday, December 12 urged senators to consider amending the mandate of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine instead of "killing it" by incorporating some of its functions under the proposed bill creating the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP). Cayetano said...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed support for the commitment of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to push for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In a statement, DOST said that...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is confident that the creation of the Philippine’s own Virology Science and Technology Institute would help the country prepare and be one-step ahead of future public health emergencies. Go has refiled the bill proposing the establishment of the Virology...
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) proposed project called the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP) has been touted as the country’s premier research facility encompassing all areas in the study of viruses and viral diseases. DOST...
The House of Representatives delivered on one of the legislative priorities listed by President Rodrigo Duterte in last Monday’s State of the Nation Address when it passed on third and final reading the bill proposing the establishment of the Philippine Virology Science and Technology Institute....
DOST (Manila Bulletin file photo) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said it is currently coordinating with other government agencies for the construction of the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP). The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has "allotted five...
