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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 11) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday allayed COVID-19 immunization worries as the Dengvaxia controversy continues to threaten vaccine confidence in the country.
He said the level of transparency with the ongoing developments in COVID-19 vaccines is something that was missing during the making of Sanofi Pasteur s dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. He cited that both positive and negative effects during COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials are reported by the companies, widely published by news outfits, and readily available online. Social media is replete with information, we re bombarded. We never had that with Dengvaxia so the beauty of this is the whole world is a witness in the vaccine development programs of different countries. Mas transparent ngayon [It is more transparent now], he said in a media briefing.
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Metro Manila and other highly urbanized areas went into lockdown in the first few months of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country. (File)
+ December 11, 2020 DEPARTMENT of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday, December 11, 2020, said there is no truth to rumors that Metro Manila will again be placed on lockdown ahead of the expected surge in holiday travel. Hindi mababago. Nasa GCQ pa rin tayo, walang katotohanan yung mga balita na mag-e-ECQ or MECQ ngayong Kapaskuhan. Sabi nga nila December 23 daw, walang katotohanan iyan, he said.
(It’s still under general community quarantine, or GCQ. There is no truth to the rumors that it will revert to enhanced community quarantine, or ECQ, or modified ECQ during the holidays.)
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“Kami ang ginagawa lang namin 'yung evaluation ng clinical trial results,” De la Peña said in a public briefing, pointing out that another team is handling the procurement of the vaccines.“As far as the evaluation, we relied on the data that were submitted to us,” he added.
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