Vaccines, research, more funds: Presidential bets start looking long term to address pandemic

Three debates into the 2022 election season, presidential candidates have moved to draw up the outlines of a pandemic response that viewed the health crisis as a long-term problem. PHVote WeDecide

, the P188.3 billion given to the health department again fell behind funds for other agencies like the P190.6 billion for the Philippine National Police.For Senator Panfilo Lacson, readiness should be done not only for COVID-19, but the next heath emergency. for the next pandemic – be it Deltacron or whatever variant,” Lacson said in English and Filipino.

Lacson also reiterated the need to fully fund the Universal Health Care law, a proposal echoed by Robredo. He likewise backed the proposed establishment of a Virology Science and Technology Institute, citing possible funding from the P982 million worth of land from the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.

Dedicating more funds for research would aid in the swifter conduct of studies and clinical trials. Throughout the pandemic, several trials and studies conducted by Filipino scientists sought to answer crucial questions on the, though its implementation had by bogged down by officials needing to locate funds.

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