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Christian Deiparine (Philstar.com) – January 31, 2021 – 5:39 pm
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s vaccine czar said Sunday that doses from Pfizer and AstraZeneca’s coronavirus attacks are expected to reach the country in the first quarter of the year through the global COVAX facility initiative.
Second. Carlito Gavlez Jr. in a statement reported that COVAX managing director Aurelia Nguyen had told the government that the Philippines would receive 9.4 million doses from the two drug manufacturers in the first and second quarters of this year.
By February, Galvez said COVAX would provide 5.5 million doses of AstraZeneca, while 117,000 of Pfizer. But, he also said that the number of doses, as well as the projected arrival “are all indicative as it all depends on the global supply,” suggesting that the figures may still change.
Recently, the health department also announced that the government will assume the payment of 5% of COVAX vaccines, while the remaining 15% would be free, based on the original pronouncement that the full 20% for 22 million Filipinos would be available. without any cost. payment.
It is not clear how much the country would pay for the 5%, and Gálvez’s statement does not mention it either. But by 2021, the government has approved P72.5 billion financing for the purchase of vaccines, which includes loans from sources such as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
The development comes with the Food and Drug Administration approval of both Pfizer and AstraZeneca’s emergency use app, in the administration’s attempt to inoculate between 50 and 70 million Filipinos in 2021 alone, a vaccination plan. who has responded to concerns and criticisms.
Gálvez said that they will continue to visit cities and provinces across the country to verify local government preparations for when the coups hit.
Last week, officials visited cities in Metro Manila, and Pasig was the first LGU to have its COVID-19 plan approved by health authorities.
“Based on our visits, we have seen that many LGUs and the private sector are now ready for the deployment of the vaccine, from their vaccination sites, to their equipment and cold storage facilities, to their staff,” said Gálvez. “We hope that this type of preparation is repeated throughout the country.”
The Philippines on January 30 marked a year since it reported its first coronavirus case, and the number so far soared to 525,618, the second highest in Southeast Asia, along with 10,749 deaths and 487,551 since it recovered.
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So far, the national government has secured two official agreements for the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, one with the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac and another with the Serum Institute of India.
Watch this space for quick previews on vaccines in the Philippines. (Lead image by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)
January 25, 2021 – 6:21 pm
The Department of Health clarifies that the Philippines will continue to receive vaccines for 20% of the population of the COVAX facility.
However, only 15% will be free while the remaining 5% will be assumed by the country.
“The budget for 5% has been secured. Therefore, even with these changes in funding, rest assured that there will be no delays in delivery of vaccines,” says DOH.
January 21, 2021 – 1:07 pm
The World Bank announces it will allocate $ 34 million to a program to provide coronavirus vaccines to more than two million people in Lebanon, which is experiencing a large increase in COVID-19 cases.
“This is the first operation financed by the World Bank to finance the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines,” the Washington-based institution says in a statement.
Lebanon, a country of more than six million, has been recording about 5,500 cases a day since the beginning of the year, the Bank says. – AFP
January 18, 2021 – 1:25 p.m.
The Health Department clarifies that the prices of the vaccines reported by the Senate are not the negotiated prices agreed by the government and the manufacturer.
Prices for vaccines that circulated earlier were indicative market prices based on published rates by drug manufacturers, DOH says.
“DOH urges the public to trust and respect the process that the country is undertaking, through the secretary of the vaccine czar, Carlito Gálvez, to ensure that Filipinos receive the best vaccines at the most ideal prices,” says the agency it’s a statement.
January 14, 2021 – 4:09 pm
The House Health Committee will hold its own hearing on the government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan on January 18.
The Secretary of Health Francisco Duque III and the National Task Force against COVID-19 and the Secretary of the Vaccine Czar, Carlito Gálvez Jr., have been invited as specialists for the investigation.
Representatives from the Food and Drug Administration, the Tropical Medicine Research Institute, the Health Technology Assessment Council, the Department of Science and Technology and the World Health Organization have also been invited.
January 14, 2021 – 2:35 pm
Sen. Grace Poe says the government should immediately negotiate the purchase and delivery of the Pfizer vaccine now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved it for emergency use.
“Filipinos have long waited for a safe and effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19,” Poe says in a statement.
“Negotiations with Pfizer should take precedence over agreements with other manufacturers whose products have not yet obtained FDA approval,” he adds.
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