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LGUs buying vaccines required to enter into tripartite agreements under Senate bill
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 12) Senator Migz Zubiri clarified on Friday that local governments who intend to buy COVID-19 vaccines for their constituents are still required to enter into tripartite agreements with vaccine makers and the national government under the bill he filed.
“This bill was requested by our LGUs, and it will only apply to our LGUs with tripartite agreements,” Zubiri, who authored Senate Bill 2042, said in a statement.
He made the statement in response to the Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19’s opposition to the passage of SB 2042, as it states that LGUs “may directly” buy COVID-19 vaccines. The group believes allowing LGUs to directly procure experimental vaccines will bypass the required recommendations of experts from the Health Technology Assessment Council, lead to the maldistribution of supply,
Allowing LGUs to directly buy from pharmaceutical firms is seen as a solution to vaccine delays, but a group of healthcare workers warns of graver consequences should the proposal be signed into law.