Galvez explained the issues hounding vaccine tripartite deals with local private companies Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr explained the issues hounding vaccine tripartite procurement deals with local private companies. On Tuesday, Galvez said that some COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers preferred to deal with only the national government, a condition that has hampered tripartite procurement deals … Read more
Galvez on Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine On Monday, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that the Philippine government will follow up more or less 10 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine because it will “become 10 million treatments”. Manila Bulletin reported that Sputnik V, … Read more
The Philippines will use the AstraZeneca vaccine as a 2nd dose if Sputnik V failed to deliver, according to Galvez. On Wednesday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that the Philippines will use the AstraZeneca vaccine as a second dose if Sputnik V’s second component failed to arrive in the Philippines. Galvez said at … Read more
Vaccination of the 12-17 age group may start by the end of September or October, according to Galvez. On Sunday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that the vaccination of the 12-17 age group against COVID-19 may start by the end of September or October depending on the vaccine supply. The Philippine government was … Read more
IATF and NTF COVID-19 activated the crisis action plan against COVID-19 variants. IATF and NTF COVID-19 — A new crisis action plan was launched by the national government’s task forces that were overseeing the Philippines’ COVID-19 pandemic response to address the new threats posed by the emerging COVID-19 variants. On Friday, vaccine czar and NTF … Read more
Galvez encouraged the public to remain calm amidst vaccination mess. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr had encouraged the public to remain calm as he assured that there’s no truth to the information spreading online that the government won’t allow unvaccinated persons from going out of their respective homes. According to Galvez, the COVID-19 vaccination … Read more
UK-donated AstraZeneca vaccines will be allocated to police and military personnel, according to Galvez. On Wednesday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that the 415,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses, which were donated by the British government, will be allocated to police and military personnel. In a congressional hearing, Nueva Ecija 1st District Representative Estrellita … Read more
The Philippines was willing to accept Chinese vaccines from COVAX, according to Galvez. On Monday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the Philippines was willing to accept either of the Chinese vaccines that COVAX will be distributing to beneficiary countries. Galvez said during the weekly “Talk to the People” briefing led by President … Read more
The national government will stop deploying “very sensitive” vaccines to areas with storage problems, according to Galvez. On Friday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that the national government will stop deploying “very sensitive” vaccines to areas with storage problems. Galvez said that local government units (LGUs) that failed to properly store “very sensitive” … Read more
The Philippines was set to receive US-donated Janssen COVID-19 vaccine doses in July Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the Philippines was set to receive over 3 million US-donated Janssen COVID-19 vaccine doses in July. On Thursday, Galvez said that the United States was sending over 3 million doses of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine … Read more