President Rodrigo Duterte hits back at pharmaceutical companies which are asking advance payment for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines.
Duterte added the country's procurement law prohibits the Philippine government to buy products which are not yet on the market or yet to be produced. He is pertaining to Republic Act No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act.vaccine , there is nothing with finality and you want us to make the reservation by depositing money, you must be crazy," he said.
"If the vaccine of Russia and China are equally good and effective just like any other vaccine invented by any country, I will buy first," Duterte remarked.the World Health Organization-led solidarity trials on potential coronavirus vaccines in the country may start by the end of October.
Meron ba talagang humihingi ng advance payment? Baka Kwentong Digong na naman ito.
FYI the vaccine from AstraZeneca/UnivOfOxford is to be sold at cost/no profit Astra/Zeneca $2.40-4/dose Johnson&J $10/dose Pfizer $20/dose SINOPHARM $72.50/dose They also commited equal access to poor nations thru U.N. initiative Covax w/ AstraZeneca producing 3 Billion doses
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