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Vaccines not panacea for poor COVID-19 response
Health advocate and community doctor Josh San Pedro said that mass testing remains important amid the increasing number of cases, and the new coronavirus variant, which is proving to be more transmissible. After all, vaccines have no 100 efficacy rate and that chances of getting infected remain.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – Under the world’s longest and strictest COVID-19 lockdown, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte repeatedly proclaimed that the answer to the pandemic is “only vaccine.” Such declaration came amid mounting criticisms to government’s poor response.
Emergence of new coronavirus variant in Philippines inevitable Duque DONA MAGSINO, GMA News Health Sec. Francisco Duque III at Dec. 21, 2020 briefing The emergence of a new coronavirus variant in the Philippines is inevitable but the Filipinos are not defenseless against COVID-19, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Wednesday. It s not a question of if, it s a question of when. Notwithstanding that we can also have our own variant here, that could happen in the Philippines. So, we just have to watch out for this, Duque said in an interview on CNN Philippines. But at the end of the day, one major intervention is always compliance and adherence to the minimum health standards. Whatever is the variant, I think what s important is for our people to understand that we are not defenseless. May laban po tayo dito, he added.
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