30M doses of COVID-19 vaccine from India assured to Philippines —Locsin

The Philippines has been assured of around 30 million dosages of Indian-made COVID-19 vaccine Novavax, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday.

The terms on the supply of the vaccine will be signed before the end of the year, Locsin said in an interview on CNN Philippines on Monday.

“Thirty million dosage of the Indian-made Novavax are assured, possibly, with no cash advance. It will be available by July 2021,” he said.

Serum Institute of India (SII) is the manufacturer of Novavax.

On Saturday, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government is targeting to secure a deal with various manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccine in the next few weeks.

“We are eyeing to strike a deal with vaccine manufacturers by the end of this year or early January 2021,” Galvez said. --KBK, GMA News