COVID-19 vaccines essential for MSME recovery
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10 MAY 2021, MANILA The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), through Projects SIKAP and T3, highlighted the importance of vaccines to the recovery of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during a recent online forum which tackled COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Attended by more than 350 participants from all over the country, the webinar, “Bakunang Ligtas, Negosyong Bukas: Championing MSME Health and Safety” was the first part of an online series focusing on MSME resilience beyond the pandemic.
A panel of speakers from the Department of Health (DOH) Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, DOH Field Implementation and Coordination Team, and the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease addressed questions and concerns particularly about the prioritization of vaccines and timelines of the national vaccination program. According to DOH, the new, detailed breakdown of priority group A4 now incl
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CALOOCAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), through Projects SIKAP and T3, highlighted the importance of vaccines to the recovery of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during a recent online forum that tackled COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Attended by more than 350 participants from all over the country, the webinar, “Bakunang Ligtas, Negosyong Bukas: Championing MSME Health and Safety” was the first part of an online series focusing on MSME resilience beyond the pandemic.
A panel of speakers from the Department of Health (DOH) Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, DOH Field Implementation and Coordination Team, and the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Disease addressed questions and concerns particularly about the prioritization of vaccines and timelines of the national vaccination program. According to DOH, the new, detailed breakdown of priority group A4 now includes different industrie
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In a joint statement Wednesday night, May 6, HPAAC said claims by supporters that Ivermectin is effective and safe from side effects remain based on “low quality evidence.”
Citing a report by the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID), HPAAC reiterated that “there is no strong, conclusive evidence to recommend Ivermectin” to COVID-19 patients.
In April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted special permits to six hospitals to use the anti-parasitic drug on COVID-19 patients.
However, according to HPAAC, the permit “does not include the distribution of said medication outside of these hospitals.”
This after Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta distributed Ivermectin capsules to residents of Quezon City last week.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Friday gave a stern reminder to the public against using antiparasitic drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite repeated warnings from health experts.
He urged the public to listen to the advice of those who know medicine best the doctors and epidemiologists and take it slow on reading about conspiracy theories surrounding the unregistered drug s effectivity. Relax-relax lang tayo sa mga conspiracy theory, Sotto said in a media briefing hosted by the Department of Health. Ang mga gamot na tine-take natin at pine-prescribe ng mga doktor, dumadaan yan sa matinding proseso, hindi yan basta-basta.
The head of the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) said there is "insufficient evidence at this time to recommend for or against the use of Ivermectin among mild to moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients."
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