00:00The Senate criticized the slow progress of the clinical trial for the vaccine against African Swine Fever.
00:08It also questioned the not yet started First Border Facility, even though it already has a fund.
00:14Dano Tingcunco was there.
00:19Because at the same time as Alice Guo was in front of other Senate committees,
00:23the hearing of the Committee on Agriculture on African Swine Fever, or ASF,
00:28the last chairperson was Senator Cynthia Villar.
00:32We're still waiting for the Senators because they're all there because of Guo.
00:37He's more popular, so they're all dying because of Guo.
00:41As for the committee's discussions, how can the State of Calamity declare because of the ASF?
00:47That would enable them to have a price control mechanism in place.
00:52Especially now that Christmas is just around the corner.
00:55Senator Francis Tolentino asked the President to declare the State of Calamity because of the ASF,
01:01but Malacanang has yet to respond.
01:03Villar also questioned why the not yet started First Border Facility,
01:09the trial for the vaccine against ASF.
01:12The vaccine was not accepted in the US.
01:15The supplier happened to be stronger than us.
01:18He also denied the clinical trial for the vaccine.
01:22It should have been done a year ago.
01:24Why is it being done now?
01:26They should have bought it.
01:28They should have bought it.
01:29They should have bought it and tried it so we can see if it's really founded,
01:35that it's not really okay.
01:38Because we already had a hearing.
01:40The Food and Drug Administration said that only one vaccine was given
01:44by the Certificate of Product Registration Monitored Release.
01:47No vaccine was given by the Emergency Use Authorization
01:50because there is no higher state of emergency in the country compared to ASF.
01:54It's okay if you're like that if this is not ASF.
01:59ASF is getting worse.
02:01You mean to say that because you love your supplier,
02:05even if ASF is getting worse, you won't notice it
02:08because you love your supplier?
02:10We don't have a hand in the clinical trial.
02:12So basically, it depends on whether it's a private firm or a company.
02:17They submit the clinical trial to us upon application.
02:20We will submit all of this to you because it's part.
02:23Do you want all the pigs in the Philippines to die before you submit your clinical trial?
02:29In fairness, with Assegdante Palabrica,
02:31the one who will submit the clinical trial is not the company.
02:34They just conducted the trial.
02:36It's the applicant.
02:37The company will submit it to us.
02:39You force it. You buy it.
02:41In the end, the completion of the trial was approved
02:43with the first 10,000 doses of vaccine at the end of September.
02:47The results were submitted in October
02:49and the decision on the vaccine application was announced in November.
02:53In January, it was promised that the First Border Facility will be operational for the ASF.
02:58For GMA Integrated News, I'm Dan Ating Cunco,
03:01for Tutok 24 Hours.
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