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FDA director-general Eric Domingo told lawmakers in the House of Representatives that the agency is already exploring the possibilities to expand the list of its drug products under emergency use (DEU) amid the pandemic.
“Actually pinalawak na nga namin to living guidelines para mas maraming grupo na [ang] gumagawa…para pwede po nilang maisama doon sa living guidelines at maaral para ma-increase natin sa DEU (we have expanded our living guideline to include more groups…so they could include it and study the living guidelines to increase DEU),” Domingo said during the virtual hearing the House committee on good government and public public accountability.
Coding scheme still suspended
THE NUMBER coding scheme will remain suspended in the capital region during the holiday season amid a coronavirus pandemic, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
This is despite the growing volume of cars on roads as Christmas draws near, MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine B. Pialago told DZBB radio on Sunday.
“The number coding scheme will remain suspended until public transportation normalizes,” she said in Filipino.
The scheme was first suspended in June, at the height of a strict lockdown in Manila, the capital and nearby cities and provinces.
Ms. Pialago said if the number coding scheme is restored, they were likely to get a number of requests for exemptions from those who work on the front line.