Manila Bulletin
Duterte focuses on compliance with vaccine suppliers’ requirements
President Rodrigo Duterte is not blaming any Filipino official for the delay in the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stated that the responsibility for shipping the vaccines lies with the manufacturers, not the Philippine government.
Nograles explained that the government is doing everything it can to meet the requirements for vaccine acquisition.
The expected arrival dates for Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines were previously announced by presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.
Galvez had cited the absence of an indemnification law in the Philippines as the reason for the delay in the arrival of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.
The Philippine FDA had already granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on January 14.
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