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Only 2% of gov't-procured vaccines considered wastage

(File photo) MANILA - A mere 2 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines set to expire in July were procured by the government, according to the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF). In a joint statement issued Monday night, the wasted shots were due to "supply chain inefficiencies or errors in dose administration," and are "far less than the 10 percent indicative wastage rate used by the World Health Organization in the planning and forecasting of vaccine supply needs". As of April 2, the Philippines has received 244,657,960 doses, with 142,489,795 doses already administered and 27 million expiring in three months. "The national government, local government units, and the private sector all placed orders for vaccines. Most of the doses that will expire by July 2022 were either donated by other countries or procured by local governments and the private sector. No one could guarantee for certain that manufacturers could deliver at

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