MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - At a meeting with President Duterte and other Cabinet members in Davao City last Monday (Feb 15), vaccine tsar General Carlito Galvez Jr. declared that we are ready for the vaccines.
A dry run was conducted on the movement of the vaccines from the airport to the warehouse and storage facilities with time cheques being made. All good, he said. Unfortunately last Friday, Galvez apologised, feeling embarrassed as he asked himself, Where are the vaccines? That is the question. It turns out the government has not signed a single deal with any supplier and we have no idaea when this will be done and how soon delivery can take place.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday expressed confidence that the country is ready to shift to a modified general community quarantine, the least stringent category, despite an uptick in infections and the detection of coronavirus variants and mutations.
China-based drugmaker Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved for emergency use in the Philippines but was not recommended for health workers by the country's Food and Drug Administration. Trial data
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has appealed for more patience amid the delay in the arrival of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the country.