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
An investigation into the alleged sale of COVID-19 vaccine doses was ongoing, according to Galvez. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that an investigation into the alleged sale of COVID-19 vaccine doses was ongoing. In a statement, Galvez said that they already identified the lot numbers of the COVID-19 vaccines and a combined follow … Read more
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr to critics of Sinovac vaccine Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr responded to critics of Sinovac vaccine, saying that all vaccines underwent “rigorous” review by experts. On Wednesday, Galvez rejected the calls of some sectors to stop the procurement of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses and to start prioritizing instead … Read more
Children in the Philippines can be vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine by 2nd half of 2021, according to Galvez Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr on Monday said that children in the Philippines can be vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine by 2nd half of 2021. Children may soon get inoculated in the second half of 2021 with … Read more
The Philippines and Pfizer signed a supply deal for 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. On Sunday, the government said that the Philippines and Pfizer signed a supply deal for 40 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses. The Philippines had sealed its biggest COVID-19 vaccine procurement yet this year after signing a supply agreement with Pfizer for … Read more
The Philippines tapped Israeli medical experts to boost the COVID-19 pandemic response. The Philippines tapped Israeli medical experts in order to boost the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response in the country. On Sunday afternoon, three medical experts from Israel’s Ministry of Health arrived in the Philippines in order to support the country in its COVID-19 … Read more
Moderna and Pfizer vaccines could soon be commercially available in the Philippines, according to Galvez. On Saturday, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed that Moderna and Pfizer vaccines could soon be commercially available in the Philippines. According to Galvez, the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines could soon be available for commercial use in the … Read more
COVID-19 vaccination program will focus on barangays identified as “centers of gravity”, according to Galvez. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr said that COVID-19 vaccination program to focus on 1,500 barangays identified as “centers of gravity“. According to Galvez, bulk of the COVID-19 vaccine doses of the country will be focused on 1,500 barangays nationwide … Read more