Galvez bares PH plan to produce COVID-19 vaccine
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Why should PH participate in ongoing clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines?
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Angelo Palmones, president of the Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM), made this pitch even as authorities have been scrambling for ways to contain the current upsurge in new COVID-19 infections.
“For the short term, to boost our efforts in fighting COVID variants, clinical studies on virgin coconut oil must be completed as soon as possible,” Palmones said.
“It will also create a big demand for VCO, globally. It will help our farmers and businesses,” he pointed out.
It was October 2020 when the use of VCO as a potential “antiviral agent” against COVID-19 first grabbed local headlines. The results of a Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)-funded study reportedly showed that compounds from coconut oil or VCO can decrease coronavirus count by 60 to 90 percent at low viral load.