Tag: COVID-19 vaccine

President Duterte increases reward for discovery of COVID-19 vaccine to at least P50 million

Offers research funding, too (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has increased the reward he is offering to any Filipino who will discover a vaccine against COVID-19. In a recorded message aired on Friday, April 24, the President said he was raising the “bounty” to P50 million. “P50 million ho ang ibigay ko sa grupo because it is a collegial thing,” the President said. He said the amount could be raised: “Kung maligaya akong masyado eh di […]

Scientists search for vaccine for new Coronavirus

Jerome Kim, the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea, sits with  Agence France-Presse (AFP) to discuss the steps and measures being taking by the scientific community to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Kim says it is ‘kind of remarkable’ that new coronavirus vaccine research is at the ‘pre-clinical stage’ as the world scrambles to find a solution to the outbreak.