Coronavirus vaccine roll-out in Philippines gets boost with law to give drug companies immunity from lawsuits

The Philippine Congress has given its approval to a new law that is expected to speed up the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines in the Philippines by protecting the drug companies that make them from most lawsuits.The Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Act was passed by both the Senate, in a 22-0 vote, and the House of Representatives on Tuesday and is now expected to be signed into force by President Rodrigo Duterte.The development follows the news last week that deliveries of 117,000 vaccine doses…