Kamara
INIHAIN sa Kamara de Representantes ang panukalang pagtatayo ng biosafety level 4 laboratory ng gobyerno na siyang magiging premier virology laboratory ng bansa.
Ayon kay Zambales Rep. Cheryl Deloso-Montalla, may-akda ng House bill 6798, sa kasalukuyan ay konti lamang ang institusyon na nagsasagawa ng human virology research sa bansa. Kabilang dito ang DOH-run Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), UP-National Institutes of Health (NIH), at St. Lukes Medical Center.
“Research studies shall focus on vector reservoir, transmission, viral ecology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology and human, animal or plant host response to these viral pathogens. A significant goal of this bill is the development of diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics against these viral agents,” ani Deloso-Montalla.
Ang panukalang Virology Institute of the Philippines ay magsisilbi ring reference laboratory para sa animal at plant virology studies.
“This will enable our country to be equipped with the knowledge about viral agents in plants and animals and their economic implications to agriculture,” ani Deloso-Montalla.
“The institute is also mandated to become the regulatory authority for the establishment and operation of virology laboratories in the country. It shall be empowered to promulgate rules and regulations regarding virology laboratory operations.”