Private firms may expand vaccine sharing

Private firms with vaccine orders could expand inoculations to employee dependents or local governments as up to 20% of their workforce have already received the jab.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that more than a million vaccine doses will arrive this month, with more expected until early next year.

Concepcion was told by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. that private sector vaccine donations may no longer be needed as the national government receives ample supply of vaccines.

Under the tripartite agreement with AstraZeneca, half of the vaccines purchased by the private sector will be donated to the national government; nearly 20 million doses were procured under this deal.

If the government does not need these donations anymore, Concepcion said that excess vaccines could either be donated to other LGUs or shared with family members of employees.