The chairman of the Senate health and demography committee gave the assurance during his visit to Parola, Tondo, Manila where he personally led the distribution of assistance to 361 victims of a fire incident in the area.
He said President Rodrigo Duterte is constantly urging concerned officials to do everything necessary to expedite the vaccine rollout.Alam n’yo, halos araw-araw po naming pinag-uusapan ni Pangulong Duterte. Halos araw-araw rin naming kinukulit ang ating mga opisyales, Vaccine Czar natin , Sec. Duque, at lahat ng mga opisyales na bilisan na po ‘yung prosesoItong FDA natin naninigurado lang din po sila.
Secretary-General Guterres himself said that it is not equal because we are a poor nation, we were not included in the list of rich countries that were already given the vaccines. However, the government is doing everything to secure the vaccine soonest),” Go said. Go stressed that COVAX has already committed 117,000 Pfizer vaccines and 5.5 million doses from AstraZeneca to the Philippines.
COVAX, or the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, is a global initiative led by the World Health Organization, among other institutions, to ensure equitable access to vaccines, especially for poor and developing countries.