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Philippine COVID-19 vaccine supply to stabilize in coming months —Galvez


The Philippines expects to boost its COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the coming months, with its supplies set to incrementally increase by the millions.

According to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., the country is scheduled to receive 4.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccine every month from June to August, on top of other brands coming in.

"Meron tayong magiging steady supply na increasing siya. Incrementally ini-increase siya by more or less millions," he said during a press briefing with presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr.

"Natutuwa kami kasi dahil 'yung dati, nakikita natin na dati, nung March and April, ang nakikita natin na in trickles lang. Ngayon in millions na," he added.

(We will have a steady supply that will be increased by millions in increments... We are happy because vaccines used to be in trickles for the months of March and April, but are now in the millions.)

This month alone, Galvez said the vaccine deliveries are estimated at 7.753 million doses, of which 3.753 million have already been delivered.

Some 500,000 doses of Sinovac are scheduled to arrive on May 20, on top of 2.2 million doses of Pfizer and 1.3 million doses of Sputnik V also scheduled this month.

For June, Galvez said some 10.050 million doses are estimated to arrive — 3.3 million AstraZeneca doses; 4.5 million Sinovac; 250,000 Moderna; and 2 million Sputnik V.

In total, 3,001,875 Filipinos have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Philippine government has allocated P82.5 billion to cover around 55% of the country's population.—AOL, GMA News

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