Mayor Moreno dismayed over slow vaccine deployment to Manila

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno expressed dismay over the "super slow" deployment of vaccines to local government units.

He stated that Manila has yet to receive its share from the 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccines and the two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in the country on May 7 and May 8, respectively.

Moreno criticized the national government for the slow delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to his city.

He noted that out of 2.5 million Sinovac doses that arrived in the country starting April 22, Manila has only received 8,400 doses.

The city has also not yet received any of the over 2 million AstraZeneca doses that arrived on May 8.

He pointed out that Manila is one of the most densely populated cities and requires a significant number of vaccine doses.

Moreno expressed frustration over press releases from the Department of Health suggesting vaccine deliveries to LGUs were already ongoing or completed, which he claims is not the case for Manila.

He questioned why vaccines are being kept long in storage instead of being deployed to restore the economy and people's lives.