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MANILA, Philippines — According to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the country’s vaccine czar, there is no need for the next administration to purchase extra vaccines for this year’s Covid-19 inoculation program because the country has enough supply.

“So matutuwa po ang next administration, Mr. President, dahil 98 to 100 [million] vaccine doses pa po ang matitira at hindi na po sila kailangang bumili,” Galvez told President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during his prerecorded Talk to the People.

The World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX facility has repeated its commitment to give more vaccines to the Philippines, according to Galvez, who is also the lead implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19. This comes on top of the 74 million doses donated last year.

He stated that the COVAX has promised to replace the country’s expiring immunizations.

“And, according to them, they already have supply flexibility.” “Puwede na po silang magbigay po ulit sa atin at palitan ‘yung mga po na mga na-expire na mga vaccination at saka po ‘yung mga pangangailangan pa po natin,” Galvez added.

He stated that the COVAX’s announcement on refilling expired vaccine doses will dispel people’s misgivings about vaccine efficacy and resolve their apprehension to be vaccinated.

“For them, the most important thing is to preserve more lives,” he said, rather than “magkaroon po ng tinatawag na pagdududa sa tinatawag nating mga expiring vaccine (to have questions about expiring vaccines).”

Galvez claimed that the Philippines was able to obtain Covid-19 vaccinations at a much-reduced cost from multiple pharmaceutical companies, letting the government spend less money on pandemic response.

“Actually, ‘yung 100 million na dosages na ‘yun,’ eh, parang savings natin ‘yun eh.” At saka ‘yun pong 100 million doses na ‘yun ay talagang kayang-kaya pong ireserba sa next administration (Actually, those 100 million doses would serve as our savings.) And that 100 million dosages will enough for the next administration),” he continued.

Through a multilateral agreement with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, he claimed the government will no longer use the PHP45 billion money set aside for this year’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement.

PHP2.5 billion would come from the Department of Health’s (DOH) 2021 budget, while PHP10 billion will come from monies under Republic Act No. 11494, or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, of the entire concessional loan amount agreed with these international banks (Bayanihan 2).

“Alam po natin na mayroon po tayong PHP45 billion na naka-allot sa multilateral financier natin na PHP2.5 billion sa Department of Health,” he said. Ito po, hindi pa po natin nagagalaw hanggang ngayon (we know we have PHP45 billion from a multilateral lender and PHP2.5 billion from the Department of Health). Galvez commented, “This has remained undisturbed).”

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