The Philippines has secured some 25 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese firm Sinovac, with the initial batch expected by February, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III announced Sunday.
Frontline workers risking their lives amid the pandemic deserve to know the details of the government s overall vaccination plan, says Senator Panfilo Lacson, lamenting the seeming lack of a clear strategy based on talks with doctors and other frontliners.
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Pangilinan: Senate hearing to clarify plan, deliverables in govt vaccination program
SENATOR Francis Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday said the scheduled Monday Senate Committee of the Whole hearing intends to clarify the government vaccination plan and deliverables. Ang layunin ng Senate Committee of the Whole ay para mapag-usapan at maipaalam sa publiko ang buong plano ng gobyerno sa pagpapabakunaha ng mga Pilipino, said Pangilinan, who on December 14 filed Senate Resolution 594 asking the Senate Committee of the Whole to look into the government national Covid-19 vaccination program. Parang nasa pressure cooker tayong lahat habang walang maayos na plano para masugpo ang Covid. Nag-bi-build up ang pressure dahil sa limitadong paggalaw na dikta ng mga quarantine restrictions. Marami nang kabuhayan ang nawala at mga negosyong nagsara. Deserve ng ating mga mamamayan malaman ang kongkreto at malinaw na plano ng pamahalaan para sa pag-roll-out ng vaccine, he added.
Lacson mystified over seeming preference for Sinovac vaccine By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published January 10, 2021 4:06pm What is so special about Sinovac? This is the question Senator Panfilo Lacson wants to pose before government officials in the Senate hearing on the government s COVID-19 vaccination rollout set on Monday. In a Dobol B sa News TV interview, Lacson said he would want to inquire with concerned government officials why they seemed to be dribbling with Pfizer and Sinopharm when there have been earlier opportunities in the past to procure the vaccines they produced. He recalled the incident where 10 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine could have been delivered to the Philippines as early as this month if Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had not failed to submit the required Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA).