Vaccination for general public may start by late April, early May — Galvez

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Wednesday said the inoculation rollout for the general public is seen to start between late April and early May.

Interviewed on ANC, Galvez said senior citizens, poor families, and vulnerable communities—which are included in the priority—may also start to get vaccinated around the same period.

“Ang projection po namin ang general public, pati na ‘yung mga seniors, poor families, at saka vulnerable communities, we will start ‘yung general public inoculation late April, early May,” he said.

According to Galvez, the ongoing vaccination of frontline healthcare workers, who are at the top of the priority list, is expected to be finished by the end of March.

However, if the supply of vaccines fails to arrive on the expected time, Galvez said the completion of healthcare workers’ inoculation would be moved to April.

The Philippines on Sunday received 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac that were donated by the Chinese government.

According to Galvez, this first batch of vaccine supply in the country is expected to be completely dispatched this week.

The vaccination rollout in the Philippines started on Monday. — RSJ, GMA News