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DOH says use of malaria medicine to cure COVID-19 'not recommended'

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 04:28 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday cautioned against suggestions to use malaria medication hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19. Read more »

WHO solidarity trial ng posibleng COVID-19 vaccine magsisimula sa Oktubre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 08:32 PM

Nakatakda nang magsimula sa Oktubre ang clinical trials ng WHO sa Pilipinas para sa mga posibleng bakuna laban sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Solidarity Trial for vaccines in PH starting late October, to last 18 months

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 05:01 PM

The World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 vaccines is set to start in the Philippines in October and will last for 18 months, according to the Department of Health.   Read more »

PH to receive 1,000 more vials of remdesivir for ongoing COVID-19 treatment trial

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 12:55 PM

Another 1,000 vials of the antiviral drug remdesivir is set to be received by the Philippines for the ongoing Solidarity Trial of the World Health Organization (WHO), a health official of the country said Wednesday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga aasahan sa WHO solidarity vaccine trials sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 08:05 PM

Posibleng magsimula na sa huling linggo ng Oktubre ang solidarity trial para sa bakuna kontra COVID-19 ng WHO.  Read more »

Avigan trials in PH still hasn’t started — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 01:48 PM

The clinical trials for the anti-flu drug Avigan as possible treatment for COVID-19 has yet to start in the Philippines for various reasons, a health official said Monday or a week since the experiment is supposed to have begun. Read more »

Avigan clinical trials in PH start on Monday

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 01:32 PM

Clinical trials for Japanese drug Avigan, which showed promising results for COVID-19 patients, are supposed to start in the Philippines on Monday, the Department of Health said. Read more »

PH nakapagtala ng higit 2,000 bagong kaso ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 07:43 PM

Sa patuloy na pag-aaral ng mga eksperto sa COVID-19, sunod-sunod na ang mga bagong nalalaman tungkol dito.  Read more »

Almost 600 patients in PH participate in clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 11:54 PM

There are now almost 600 patients in the Philippines enrolled in the World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 treatments, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

450 patients in PH participating in WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 06:11 PM

There are now a total of 450 patients in the Philippines who are receiving off-label drugs to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health said on Thursday.   Read more »

WHO says looking at interim trial data on HIV drugs to treat COVID-19

Kate Kelland and Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 08:51 PM

LONDON/GENEVA - Large multi-country trials of the combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 have recruited thousands of patients and the World Health Organization is now looking at interim data, the UN agency's chief scientist said on Thursday. Read more »

More Filipino patients join WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 08:00 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said the country now has 288 patients participating in the World Health Organization’s clinical trials in search for effective COVID-19 treatments.  Read more »

220 Philippine COVID-19 patients join WHO clinical trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 03:16 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said the country now has 220 patients enrolled in the World Health Organization’s multi-country Solidarity Trial. Read more »

Philippines resumes trial use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 01:23 PM

MANILA — The Philippines is resuming the trial use of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 patients after the World Health Organization lifted the temporary pause of the malaria drug in its multi-country trial, a health official said Thursday. Read more »

Philippines to stop using hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 11:19 AM

MANILA - The Department of Health on Tuesday said it will follow the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) to halt the use of off-label drug hydroxychloroquine after a study said that it can increase the chances of death. Read more »

36 more patients join WHO’s clinical trials in PH for COVID-19 cure: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 03:13 PM

Thirty-six more patients have been included in the World Health Organization-backed clinical trials in the Philippines for a COVID-19 cure, the Department of Health said Sunday. Read more »

81 patients participating in WHO’s clinical trials for COVID-19 cure: DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 08:05 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health said on Thursday that there are now a total of 81 patients included in the World Health Organization-backed clinical trials in search for a COVID-19 cure. Read more »

PH starts signing up COVID-19 patients for WHO clinical trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 08:46 PM

The DOH on Thursday said the country has started participating in the WHO’s Solidarity Trial in search of a COVID-19 cure, after receiving shipment of remdesivir. Read more »

PH considers joining WHO vaccine trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 12:48 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday said it is considering joining the COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials of the World Health Organization. Read more »

500 PH patients to join WHO clinical trials on COVID-19 cure

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 07:35 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday said an initial 500 patients in the country would participate in the World Health Organization’s multi-country study in search for a COVID-19 cure. Read more »