Published May 31, 2021, 2:49 PM
Malacañang urged the public to first wait and see whether or not the US will really send vaccines to the Philippines before asking how this will affect President Duterte’s decision regarding the VFA.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in his press briefing on Monday Duterte needs more time to decide whether or not to keep or totally scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States of America (USA).
President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang)
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following reports that the US under President Joseph Biden was planning on sending coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to its allies, including the Philippines.
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairperson Benhur Abalos on Monday said that the management of COVID-19 vaccines is "calculated" amid concerns that some stored doses will soon expire.
The country will receive another 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Sunday night, May 30, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed.
The initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on May 1,
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Saturday said the modified general community quarantine is not one of the options for those currently under general community quarantine in the Inter-Agency Task Force’s decision on the quarantine classification to be implemented in June.