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Philippines to get 30 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine: Minister
FILE PHOTO: A health worker conducts a COVID-19 swab test at a gymnasium in Navotas City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Aug 7, 2020. (Reuters/Eloisa Lopez)
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MANILA: The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax s COVID-19 vaccine by July next year, its foreign minister said on Monday (Dec 21), boosting the country s effort to secure supplies to inoculate more than 100 million people.
Despite consultations with numerous vaccine makers, the Philippines has so far signed only one supply deal, with the help of its private sector, to acquire 2.6 million shots of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.
MANILA: The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine by July next year, its foreign minister said on Monday, boosting the country’s effort to secure supplies to inoculate more than 100 million people.
Despite consultations with numerous vaccine makers, the Philippines has so far signed only one supply deal, with the help of its private sector, to acquire 2.6 million shots of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.
It plans to buy 25 million doses of a vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech for delivery by March and aims to secure between four and 25 million doses of vaccines from Moderna and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.
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The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc s Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc s Covid-19 vaccine by July next year, its foreign minister said on Monday, boosting the country s effort to secure supplies to inoculate more than 100 million people.
Despite consultations with numerous vaccine makers, the Philippines has so far signed only one supply deal, with the help of its private sector, to acquire 2.6 million shots of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.
It plans to buy 25 million doses of a vaccine from China s Sinovac Biotech for delivery by March and aims to secure between four and 25 million doses of vaccines from Moderna and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc.
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