bed capacity wherein the occupancy By partnering with the LGUs and rate is at 58 percent and some 1,357 the private sector, Galvez said the beds are available for use. government was able to establish additional 250 Covid-19 dedicated In addition, a total of 28 isolation hospital beds in East Avenue Medical hotels which can accommodate 2,779 Center-Center for Emerging and patients with an occupancy rate at Re-emerging Infectious Diseases 59 percent which means about 1,147 (CERID). beds are still available. In addition to that, is the Galvez said apart from boosting construction of the National Kidney the country’s isolation facilities, the and Transplant Institute (NKTI)’s government is also aggressively building hemodialysis center with 200 more intensive care units (ICU) beds for hemodialysis machines which will the severe and critical patients, securing greatly benefit Covid-19 patients. an efficient treatment intervention. (PNA)
Talks with Pfizer, other vaccine developers continue: DOH
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
The Department of Health (DOH) is holding continuous talks with US pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, Moderna, and other coronavirus disease vaccine developers. In a virtual media forum, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the department has not made any commitments yet with Pfizer, which is now on Phase 3 clinical trials.
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During the meeting, she said the department has explained the regulatory processes on vaccines and discussed confidentiality disclosure “They (Pfizer) gave an information agreements (CDA). that they’ll not perform clinical trials in the Philippines because they’re well “Most of the discussions centered advanced already with their Phase 3 on the CDA that they were able to clinical trial, and, accordingly they said provide to the DOH and we already had by October, their Phase 3 clinical trial is our comments to that. We had a meeting already done,” Vergeire said in a mix of together with DOST (Department of September 5-11, 2020 |
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