The country has secured around 30 to 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for free from the COVAX facility, National Policy against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will keep a “warm and friendly” relationship with the United States under the presidency of Joe Biden, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said on Wednesday.
National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government expects to finalize the supply agreements with pharmaceutical companies by "end of January or first week of February."
Malacañang expressed optimism that President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration would maintain its “close and friendly” ties with the United States under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden.
President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to continue answering the Senate’s queries on the government’s deals with COVID-19 vaccine makers, Malacañang said Wednesday.
“We assure the public that it (vaccine procurement) will undergo strict [procedure] considering that all our vaccine procurement will undergo ADB and WB stringent regulatory requirements,” says Galvez.