Vaccine czar: Gov’t experts crafting updated vaccination plan
The government is already crafting an Updated National Vaccination Program that will be approved by the secretary of health and top pandemic advisers aimed at linking it with the overall vaccine security plan, the country’s vaccine czar said on Wednesday. In his report to President Rodrigo Duterte, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Updated National Vaccination Program, which will be approved by Secretary Francisco Duque III and the InterAgency Task Force for Caraga INFOCUS
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 Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Palace on October 6, 2021. KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), will be anchored on the Vaccine Security Roadmap at least until 2022 and 2023. “Kasi napakaimportante po nang gagawin po natin na ‘yun kasi that’s our continuity plan and exit strategy towards the pandemic,” said Galvez, who is also the chief implementer of the National Task Force
Against COVID-19. The government established the National Vaccination Operation Center and it has been organizing the Vaccination Operations for the fourth quarter of this year, according to Galvez. The country’s top vaccine coordinator also said that with the increased volume of vaccine deliveries, the October 2-8, 2021 |
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