PH is one 92 countries COVAX eligible to get free vaccines for 15% of its population. I donated US$100,000. Also taking part in COVID 19 ASEAN RESPONSE FUND. I donated US$100,000. PH vaccine rollout underway, first shots first week of March. WHO confirmed we are ready.
600,000 doses of Sinovac coming on Sunday as jointly announced Wang Yi and me last 15-16 January. President and I will meet it.
Under COVAX facility 2 ways to get vaccines: 1. fully subsidized, donor-funded does (for PH: 117,000 indicative doses of Pfizer/BioNTech and 5,500,800 indicative doses of AstraZeneca from AstraZeneca-SKBio). 2. “Top-up doses” which are full paid through cost-sharing contributions
w ADB/WB. Also covered in top-up financing is ultra cold chain/cold chain equipment, delivery and logistics (where kickbacks can happen). That’s it so far. We will keep you the public informed so you will know what to do until the vaccines get here and what to expect when
they get here & there’s still a fuck up. There will be hell to pay. President sick and tired of delay. DFA is doing its job; Galvez straining every neuron and muscle to get it done fast but he is not the Czar of Everything. There’s no one better for the job he’s got.
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