Most Metro Manila mayors are in favor of shifting the National Capital Region (NCR) to a "strict" General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting on May 15.
Mayor Marcy Teodoro (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The mayors, comprising the 16 cities and one municipality of the NCR said they want a "stri
The Taguig City government will open its vaccination centers to residents coming from the National Capital Region and nearby provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna (NCR Plus) area and plans to serve at least 10,000 people starting in September.
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Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (Taguig City government / MANILA BULLETIN)
The DOH and FDA do not recommend ivermectin for COVID-19, saying it is not approved for treatment of viral infections.
“We listen to the medical experts. If the time comes that it will be approved by the FDA, Department of Health, if I hear from the mouth of our Usec [Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire], from our Secretary of Health, by all means, we will not just support it, we will advocate it, we will buy it,” said Cayetano during the DOH Beat COVID-19 Media Forum held online on Friday.
He added, “But at present, when it comes to any medicine, the mayors listen to the doctors and experts. In terms of how the LGUs [local government units] feel about ivermectin, I’m sure we all have personal opinions.”
By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published April 30, 2021 1:41pm The mayors of Pasig and Taguig cities on Friday urged the public to follow the guidance of medical experts on the use of ivermectin against COVID-19. Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto cautioned the public against “conspiracy theories,” stressing that drugs undergo a stringent regulatory process. “‘Wag tayong masyadong ano sa mga conspiracy theory, relax-relax lang po tayo sa mga conspiracy theory (Let s relax and not get carried away by conspiracy theories),” he said in an online forum. “Just because there is a little bit of positive news or a little bit of possibility or may nakitang konting scientific basis, hindi ‘yun sapat para sabihin na, ‘Okay na ‘yan, pwede na ‘yan.’ Hindi tayo mga doktor, hindi tayo medical expert. Makinig tayo sa kanila.”