Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that WHO has already informed the country’s sub-technical working group for vaccine development on the timeline for this global initiative.
“Sa ngayon kasi may mga pinagpipilian sila na listahan which are about 34 na mga bakuna na pinagpipilian. Of course they will be reducing this, kung ano lang ang karapat dapat iyon ang isasama nila [Right now, they have a list which is about 34 vaccines to choose from. Of course they will still be reducing this],” she said.Vergeire said that they will coordinate first with the local government officials and other stakeholders with regards to the start of the trial.
“Kailangan ma engage muna natin ang community. Kailangan makausap natin ang officials ng local government, maipaliwanag natin sa kanila [We need to engage the community first. We need to talk also to local government officials]…We can explain to them the advantages and the adverse effects of these specific vaccines bago natin umpisahan ito [before we start this],” she added.