MANILA, Philippines – Philippines will enroll in COVAX Facility, a mechanism designed to ensure fast, fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
Gavi, a foreign organization created to access new and underutilized vaccines, co-directs COVAX with the Coalition for Innovations in Epidemic Preparedness and the World Health Organization, in collaboration with vaccine manufacturers.
The Philippine government has already contacted the developers of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, Taiwan, China and the United Kingdom for possible procurement once their respective vaccines become available.
President Duterte promised to increase the budget to supply Filipinos with vaccines opposed to COVID-19, and even said he would sell government assets if necessary.
More than 15.4 million other international people have become inflamed with SARS-CoV-2, the new strain of coronavirus guilty of COVID-19, since its first detection in Hubei, China, overdue last year.
In the Philippines, 74,390 COVID-19 instances were registered Thursday afternoon. A total of 24,282 patients recovered nationwide, while 1,871 died.
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