With an overwhelming 216 votes, the House of Representatives has approved on the third and final reading the measure that would mandate the establishment of a virology institute to spearhead the country’s defense against pandemics like the COVID-19- READ:
would mandate the establishment of a virology institute to spearhead the country’s defense against pandemics like the COVID-19 global public health crisis.
He also thanked his colleagues in the lower chamber for recognizing the importance of a virology center and prioritizing a piece of legislation that would help the country combat a pandemic of global proportions. • Operation of a virus high-containment laboratory dedicated to the study of highly infectious and highly pathogenic viruses.
Also on Monday, the Department of Health launched a three-day nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive to ramp up inoculation uptake among children aged 5 to 17. The DOH reported that 5,333,423 kids aged 5 to 11 are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as of Nov. 30.Meanwhile, 10,010,095 adolescents aged 12 to 17 have also completed their primary vaccine series.At least 1,082,475 or 12 percent of the aged 12 to 17 have also received their first booster dose.
Bataan, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal, and Zambales also recorded an increase in positivity rate over the same period.
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