The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to relay to the Philippines the final schedule of its solidarity vaccine trials next week as well as the brands of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that will be used in the study.
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you are going to have to participate in a vaccine trial and that is exactly what it is. it s a vaccine trial. they are saying you are going to have to have an experimental drug injected into your body, a drug that we don t know what the long-term side effects will be or what it will look like and that is a condition of employment. essentially, they are saying to these employees, people like jennifer who are on the front line every day, if you don t serve as a human guinea pig we are not going to be able to pay you. what does that mean? can t pay for your family or your mortgage, your sentence to bankruptcy court so i believe it is illegal, unlawful and clearly immoral. ben: one thing i believe has been unfortunate about this pandemic is we have seen how many people are willing to go along with everything they are being told by government without really raising any questions about it or having any kind of hesitation. i would like to ask you both. jennifer, you first, does that concern
reporter: yeah, the cdc and the state department saying do not travel to japan. they re in a state of emergency. cases are up deaths are up. vaccination rates very, very low but the ioc says the olympics are still on, lester tom, thanks today moderna announced results of its vaccine trial for kids ages 12 to 17 as more than 164 million americans have now gotten at least one dose dr. john torres joins us now john, the moderna results appear to be positive. yes, lester this is great news an fda authorization would give the u.s. a second vaccine for adolescents and significantly increase the country s supply almost 4,000 kids wereerna s d the company says not a single one who got both doses ended up sick, making it 100% effective. so if it s given emergency use authorization, we could see it in pharmacies this summer. and where does approval stand now for younger kids
Bharat Biotech s Covaxin recommended by expert panel for phase 2/3 trials on children
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin shot has been recommended by the expert panel on Covid-19 for further trials on children aged between 2 and 18 years, said sources.
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Health minister Harsh Vardhan with a Covaxin vial. (Reuters)
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin shot has been recommended by the expert panel on Covid-19 for further trials on children aged between 2 and 18 years, said sources.
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19 has recommended that Bharat Biotech be granted permission to conduct the phase 2/3 clinical trials of Covaxin, on children in the 2-18 age group.