Manila Bulletin
Galvez points to AstraZeneca as behind the 50% mandatory donation of vaccine to gov't from private sector
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. clarified that the Philippine government did not require the private sector to donate COVID-19 vaccines.
Instead, AstraZeneca mandated that 50% of the vaccine doses procured by the private sector must be donated to the government, citing a corporate policy for equitable access.
The private sector had allocated P120 million to purchase 450,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, with half intended for the government's vaccination program.
Galvez stated that this donation requirement is unique to AstraZeneca, as no similar agreements exist with other vaccine suppliers like Moderna, Novavax, or Sinovac.
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