This is after a number of local chief executives bared their initiative to raise funds to ensure that their residents will be inoculated.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said procurement will be"centralized," especially as he noted the current limitations within the vaccine market. However, he also didn't dismiss the possibility of allowing LGUs to secure their own batches of vaccines. "Ina-analyze po namin yung kanilang recommendation… I reported this to the President na kung pwede mai-allow, especially 'yung mga priority cities, na magkaroon ng access." Galvez said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
"So ang magiging arrangement natin ay separate ang kanilang quota doon sa kukunin na quota ng government," he added. [Translation: We are analyzing their recommendation. I reported this to the President, for him to consider if we could allow local government access to vaccine purchase, especially priority cities . So the possible arrangement would be their vaccine quota will be separate from that of the government's.]