The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is open to the possibility of conducting a study on the effects of coronavirus vaccines on youth, an official said Thursday, June 10. DOST Philippine Council for Health Research and Development Executive Director Jaime Montoya said a study can be done
Potential dengue medicine set for phase 2 clinical trials
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 16) – A potential cure for dengue is about to undergo phase 2 clinical trials this year, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development Executive Director Jaime Montoya said on Friday.
Montoya said around 600 volunteers will take part in the trials in Cavite that will last for about 10 months.
He said the anti-dengue drug is made of three endemic herbal plants from local company Pharmalytics Corporation. The research is also funded by the Department of Science and Technology.
“We will investigate this drug by lowering the viral load, reducing viral leakage, and improvement of platelet formation,” said Montoya in the virtual DOST report.
SunStar Duterte extends UK travel ban, okays other measures to block new virus variant
ENGLAND. In this photo taken in June 2020, passengers wearing face masks arrive at London s Heathrow Airport. (File)
+ December 27, 2020 (UPDATED) President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, December 26, 2020, approved the recommendation to extend for two weeks the temporary ban on inbound flights from the United Kingdom (UK) in a bid to block the new Sars-CoV-2 variant.
The President also approved the strict implementation of mandatory 14-day quarantine regardless of RT-PCR test results for all passengers coming from countries with confirmed cases of the new virus variant such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, South Africa and Japan.