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(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

National task force against covidDepartment of healthWorld health organizationNational task force againstIle photo manilaa mere 2 percent of the covid 19 vaccines set to expire in july were procured by governmentCcording to the department of health doh and national task force against covid 19 ntf ina joint statement issued monday nightHe wasted shots were due to quot supply chain inefficiencies or errors in dose administrationUot and are quot far less than the 10 percent indicative wastage rate used by world health organization in planning forecasting of vaccine supply needs as april 2He philippines has received 244960 dosesIth 142795 doses already administered and 27 million expiring in three months quot the national governmentLocal government unitsNd the private sector all placed orders for vaccines most of doses that will expire by july 2022 were either donated other countries or procured local governments and no one could guarantee certain manufacturers deliver at scale schedule our people requiredUot the statement read as of april 3Ore than 66 million filipinos have received two primary series of covid 19 vaccines an added challenge is encouraging the fully vaccinated