National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA - The number of doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines either procured by the government or donated to the country is nearing the 100 million mark, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said late Friday. Galvez reported that as of October 22, the country has received a total of 94,687,340 doses of various brands of vaccines - Sinovac and Sinopharm from China; Sputnik V from Russia; AstraZeneca from the United Kingdom; and Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson&Johnson from the United States. "Yes, because this coming Sunday we will be receiving another three million. We are nearing that mark. We only need 2.3 million and there are still donations that are coming in. There's also another Sputnik V that is coming, also donations from (the) US that will be coming in, two million-plus, and also some of the
National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA - The number of doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines either procured by the government or donated to the country is nearing the 100 million mark, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said late Friday. Galvez reported that as of October 22, the country has received a total of 94,687,340 doses of various brands of vaccines - Sinovac and Sinopharm from China; Sputnik V from Russia; AstraZeneca from the United Kingdom; and Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson&Johnson from the United States. "Yes, because this coming Sunday we will be receiving another three million. We are nearing that mark. We only need 2.3 million and there are still donations that are coming in. There's also another Sputnik V that is coming, also donations from (the) US that will be coming in, two million-plus, and also some of the
(File photo) MANILA - The "phased and sequential" approach in the upcoming pediatric vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is aimed at preventing Dengvaxia-like events, National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said Wednesday night. "So sa ngayon po talagang takot ang mga ibang mga doktor at takot din'yung mga ibang mga magulang dahil kasi nga po 'yung children vaccination is a very sensitive issue sa Pilipinas po talaga (So now, there are fears among doctors and parents because -vaccination of children is a very sensitive issue in the Philippines)," Galvez, also the vaccine czar, told President Rodrigo Duterte during a televised Cabinet meeting. Galvez reiterated that the pediatric age group vaccination against Covid-19 will be done "in phases and incremental." "Dahan-dahan po ang gagawin po natin para at least may kumpiyansa po 'yung mga ating mga magulang at saka mg