(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 said on Sunday they are continuously ensuring enough supplies of syringes both 0.3ml syringes (microsyringes) that are compatible for the Pfizer vaccine and 0.5ml auto-disable (AD) syringes for all other brands. The two agencies said two batches of procurement through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have been undertaken, with the first batch of 8 million 0.3ml syringes worth PHP 29.1 million completed in October and paid for by 2020 savings. The second batch, financed through the Asian Development Bank, consisted of 44 million syringes amounting to about PHPP 152.6 million 4 million this month and the balance during the first quarter of 2022 due to global supply shortage. To date, 3,653,000 syringes out of the 4 million have been delivered and the rest expected this week. The 0.3 syringes of the two batches cost around PHP3.25 per piece or USD6.5 cents (PHP50 = US
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the Philippine government “dropped the ball again” on procuring Covid-19 supplies as it missed an opportunity to procure syringes for mRNA vaccines from a United States-based pharmaceutical giant. “We dropped the ball again; this time offer of 50 million syringes,” Locsin said in…
HOUSE PROBE. Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official Krizle Grace Mago attends the House Good Government and Public Accountability hearing on Monday (Oct. 4, 2021). Contrary to allegations, Mago said Pharmally never delivered damaged Covid-19 supplies to the government as the firm conducts routine quality inspection prior to making deliveries. (Screengrab from House of Representatives Facebook livestream) MANILA - Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official Krizle Grace Mago on Monday said the company never delivered damaged coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) supplies to the government as the firm conducts routine quality inspection prior to making deliveries. During the hearing of the House Good Government and Public Accountability, Mago denied the allegations made by the witness presented by Senator Risa Hontiveros at a Senate probe that Pharmally delivered supposedly "substandard" face shields. "It is in the conduct of this quality control that PPC was able to identify d
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