President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that a giant pharmaceutical firm had already developed an antibody against COVID-19 that might come out in the market by May. Read:
But the problem, according to Duterte, is that the Philippines is on the “last ladder’ of prioritization behind rich countries.
However, the President said the Philippines might be prioritized if China could develop its own antibody. In mid-March, Duterte placed the entire island of Luzon under a month-long enhanced community quarantine. It was supposed to end on Monday, April 13 but he approved the proposal toThe measure was imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country. It suspended work for the majority of the region’s populace and halted the operations of public transportation.
The President then asked the public to brace themselves for the two more waves of the novel coronavirus. “That’s how pandemic works. While the first cases die, others get infected They are the second wave. And then there is the third wave, which is the last, but that’s small-scale,” he said.ADVERTISEMENT
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