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Duterte vows more funding for vaccine production
President Rodrigo Duterte has pledged to grant additional funding for the production of vaccines in the country.
He stated that he is ready to lift the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) once a vaccine against the novel coronavirus is discovered.
Duterte vowed to readily provide additional money to boost the development and manufacturing of vaccines in the Philippines, expressing willingness to spend all public funds to combat Covid-19.
The original offer for a COVID-19 vaccine developer was P10 million, which Duterte had raised to P50 million and potentially P100 million.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed that the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) has sufficient funds for vaccine research but is unsure if their current development is specifically for Covid-19.
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