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JAN
19
2021

If health frontliners will get first jabs, pick vaccine that is “best body armor for those in the line of fire”

The first vaccines to arrive in the country must possess higher efficacy and effectivity rates as these will be given to medical frontliners, “and hence serve as body armor to those in the line of fire,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “Regardless of the
JAN
19
2021

Emergency response system for possible vaccine side effects more vital than proposed indemnification fund–Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the proposal to set up an indemnification fund for Filipinos who may be harmed by COVID-19 vaccines, but stressed that “the focus should be on strengthening emergency response to the very, very few who may suffer side
NOV
24
2020

Prepaid vax is OK but don’t let PITC buy it

President Duterte’s order to the government to prepay the COVID-19 vaccines is correct.  Vaccines are not COD goods you can order from Lazada. They are not postpaid items, but prepaid. More so when there is a race among nations to acquire them, with the first batches already
NOV
19
2020

Low budget for vaccines, to be bought by agency “auto-immune to efficiency”

Proposed funding in the 2021 national budget for the purchase and delivery of coronavirus vaccine will cover only 1 in 5 Filipinos, and that is based on the tentative price of the cheapest vaccine being developed, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Compounding
NOV
04
2020

Vaccines “not a job for one Superman, but for a broad Justice League”

I wish General Galvez good luck on his additional assignment as vaccine czar. No mission is tougher and no stake is higher than providing vaccines for all. But that burden is too heavy for one man to bear. This is not a job for one Superman. He has to assemble his Justice League.
SEP
21
2019

Recto to DOH: Use P1.23 B ‘advertising, publication, travel’ budget to fight fake news vs. vaccines

The Department of Health (DOH) wants to spend P629 million for advertising next year, just one of its many information-related expenses in 2020 that can be tapped to fight the fake news on vaccines, which has kept many children from getting them. This was pointed out by Senate
AUG
28
2019

Top off P7.5 B immunization budget with funds to fight fake news

Government should “top off” the proposed P7.5 billion national immunization budget for 2020 with funds for an information campaign that will roll back fake news-triggered “vaccine hesitancy” among parents. The proposal was made by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, who
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