Washington hopes President Rodrigo Duterte will extend the Visiting Forces Agreement given that it is part of the Mutual Defense Treaty, which is marking its 70th anniversary this year, says Philippine Ambassador to the United States Babe Romualdez.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 24) More COVID-19 vaccines from the United States are set to arrive in the Philippines next month to help ramp up the country s vaccination drive, the country s envoy to the US said Monday.
In an interview with CNN Philippines
The Source, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Babe Romualdez said additional supply via the World Health Organization-backed COVAX facility may come as early as the second week of June. Actually, they’re beginning to put it together. From what I understand, perhaps as early as second week of June. They should be expecting some of the vaccines will be going to the Philippines, said Romualdez, referring to a portion of the 80 million doses that the US will be sharing with different countries.
PH seeks access to unused AstraZeneca supply from US, Israel
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 29) The Philippine government has reached out to countries like the United States and Israel for access to unused supply of coronavirus shots, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. said on Wednesday.
During the televised Cabinet meeting, Galvez said he has discussed the matter with Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Babe Romualdez to hopefully release the US’ unused AstraZeneca vaccines to the country.
He also said that they also reached out through diplomatic channels in the hopes to gain access to unused vaccine supplies of other countries.
PH wants to ‘borrow’ AstraZeneca vaccine doses from US gov’t
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 15) The Philippines has asked the Biden administration if it could “borrow” from its stockpile of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is not approved for emergency use in the United States, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said Thursday.
“We have written formally to the HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services) and also to the White House if we could borrow some of these AstraZeneca [vaccine doses],” Romualdez told an online forum.
Millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by the British-Swedish company were sitting idly in manufacturing facilities in the US awaiting official usage approval, CNN said in a report last month.
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