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To shed light on misconceptions on the COVID-19 vaccine, the University of the Philippines (UP) and National Telehealth Center gathered experts in a webinar entitled “Who Should Not Be Vaccinated for COVID-19?” on Friday, Feb. 5.
Dr. Nina Berba, an Infectious Disease expert and Professor of Medicine UP PGH and Dr. Shelley-Ann dela Vega, a leading Gerontologist and expert in aging and health of the UP National Institutes of Health discussed the who should not receive the COVID-19 vaccine based on their existing conditions.
Dr. Inday Dans, a pediatrician and clinical epidemiologist, also shared her views on the recent developments on vaccination for children. During the webinar, the panel answered the following questions:
House Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera (Facebook)
“If economic Charter reforms won’t push through this time, there’s no guarantee it will happen in the future,” the Bagong Henerasyon lawmaker said
“This is the moment we have all been waiting for. It’s time to amend the restrictive economic constitutional provisions that have held back the country’s development for more than three decades,’’ she added.
Herrera made the statement as she rallied support for Speaker Lord Allan Velasco’s Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2, which is up for plenary debates this coming week.
Last Tuesday, the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, chaired by Ako Bicol Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr., adopted RBH 2 that seeks to add the phrase “unless otherwise provided by law” to specific provisions of the Constitution, which restricts foreign ownership and participation on certain investment areas and activities in the country.
University of the Philippines (up.edu.ph)
According to a statement, UP officials led by UP President Danilo Concepcion had a meeting on Friday, Feb. 5, with officials of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame.
“The three parties declared their willingness to form a Technical Working Group (TWG) to study the 28-year-old agreement and, depending on the TWG’s findings and recommendations, to mutually decide whether to amend some of the provisions of the UP-DILG agreement, or to draft a new accord altogether,” the statement read.
The 1992 UP-DILG agreement, which limits police presence in UP campuses, was signed by then UP President Jose Abueva and then DILG Secretary Rafael M. Alunan III after the enactment of Republic Act No. 6975 which transferred the country’s police force from the DND to the DILG.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 6) University of Santo Tomas students who are allowed to attend limited face-to-face classes can avail themselves of free swab tests offered by the Manila City government, Mayor Isko Moreno said Saturday in a tweet.
“We can offer tests regularly
para magkaroon ng peace of mind
ang mga med students
na may face-to-face classes,” Moreno posted on Twitter.
[Translation: We can offer tests regularly so med students who have face-to-face classes could have peace of mind.]
“We can submit them to testing, and it can be available for free so it would not add to their expenses,” he added.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the University of the Philippines (UP) confirmed Saturday, Feb. 6, that they will undertake an extensive review of the 28-year-old 1992 agreement that will ensure the security in all the UP campuses without affecting academic freedom and