Philippines to receive three million vaccine doses by end February
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Around three million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses are expected to arrive in the Philippines by the end of February this year after successful negotiations with pharmaceutical companies and with the COVAX facility, the country’s vaccine czar said Monday night.
Roa Duterte during a public address on government’s COVID-19 interventions.
“At natutuwa po kami at natutuwa po ‘yung mga LGU na they will receive ‘yung 117,000 na COVAX Pfizer and also more or less 5.5 million to 9.2 million po na AstraZeneca,” Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in his report to President Rodrigo
At the same time, Galvez said Philippines has already signed five term sheets and is now preparing for the finalization of contracts by mid-February.
| January 30-February 5, 2021
“Ang rollout po nito is mid- or last week of February. Kaya po mayroon po tayong at least mga more or less na aasahan na three million doses this coming February po, sir.”
Galvez noted that the country’s first vaccine rollout
has been made possible with the help of COVAX facility, a global alliance that aims to provide poor countries opportunities to vaccinate their population against the deadly coronavirus. “Dahil po noong nagsubmit po tayo ng ating recommendations sa COVAX noong January 18, pinirmahan po namin ni Secretary Duque na tayo po ay mag-a-apply ng COVAX facility na for early rollout,” he noted. Apart from assisting the Philippines with its first vaccine rollout, Galvez
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