Vaccine czar: Pfizer, Moderna may deliver less than 10 million COVID-19 jabs next month
Presidential Adviser on Peace Process and National Task Force against Coronavirus Disease-2019 (NTF COVID-19) chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. gives an update to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during a meeting with the InterAgency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on August 24, 2021. KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
The Philippines may receive less than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from American pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. next month as the country intensifies its mass inoculation drive to contain the spread of coronavirus, the country’s vaccine czar said on Tuesday. Caraga INFOCUS
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the government’s vaccination coordinator, said in a report to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte that they have negotiated with Pfizer, which has committed to deliver around 5 million doses of COVID-19 jab next month.
“And we are negotiating with Moderna na
makapagbigay sila ng more or less 3 to 4 million,” Galvez told the President. Galvez, who is also the chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said that to ensure steady supply of vaccines, the government has signed a purchase order for additional 10 million doses of CoronaVac
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