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Private sector wants to direct vax donation to NCR
The private sector has proposed to the government to prioritize Metro Manila for the initial distribution of donated AstraZeneca vaccines.
This proposal aims to allocate half of the donated AstraZeneca vaccines, expected to arrive in May and June, to government frontliners in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion stated that the NCR remains the epicenter of the resurgence in COVID-19 cases.
Concepcion, along with other business leaders like Tessie Sy-Coson and Ramon Ang, recommended this allocation to Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.
The private sector is willing to shoulder the costs for vaccinating its own economic frontliners and for the donated vaccines intended for the public sector.
The private sector's vaccine donation is a voluntary initiative.
A faster vaccine rollout is seen as crucial for the country's economic recovery.
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