National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez Jr. asserted that the National Vaccination Program of the government is “on track”.
According to Secretary Galvez, the program prioritizes healthcare workers but their vaccination is set by batches due to limited supply and “possible adverse effects and the impact on the manning requirements of health facilities”.
Almost 90% of the vaccine supply has been deployed to different areas of the Philippines so the “Duterte Administration is confident that it is on track in implementing its immunization program”.
“Recently, we flew to India to directly deal with the Serum Institute of India to guarantee both short and long term vaccine supplies for our country. Another team is expected to fly to Russia to further conduct a study on the vaccine produced by Gamaleya,” the Vaccine Czar disclosed.
Sec. Galvez assured that the government is doing its best to ensure that the country “can handle a possible spike in the COVID-19 cases with its improved testing, contact tracing, treatment, and isolation capacity”.
–Report from Mela Lesmoras
