Published March 17, 2021, 6:17 PM
Over 1,300 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have participated in the Solidarity Treatment Trial of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said Wednesday, March 17.
DOST-PCHRD Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya cited the Philippines’ active participation in ongoing global efforts to halt the pandemic, such as the World Health Organization’s Solidarity Trials for COVID-19 treatments.
“As of January 31, 2021, a total of 1,315 subjects have joined the megatrial in the Philippines, with 730 patients enrolled in public hospitals and 585 in private hospitals,” he said in his welcome remarks during the Council’s 39th founding anniversary celebration