Duterte says he ll ease lockdown with enough vaccine stocks
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Philippine capital to remain under lockdown until vaccine rollout
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MANILA, Feb. 4 The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe expressed optimism that the Philippines will receive the 44 million doses allocated by the COVAX Facility within the year with up to 9.2 million doses arriving within the first and second quarter.
The delivery date will start once the Philippine government fulfills the necessary arrangements needed by the COVAX facilities to ensure smooth vaccine rollout and other requirements of the vaccine manufacturers Pfizer BioNTech and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.
“When all of those requirements are met and we believe that the Philippines is on track to do that, we are looking potentially at a maximum of 9.2 million doses coming through the COVAX facility by March or April of this year. We are optimistic that the remainder of the 44 million doses will come later on in the year,” Dr. Abeyasinghe said, adding that the Philippines will have access to up to 9.2 million AstraZeneca
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The Malasakit Center is a program of the government that aims to be a one-stop hub for requesting assistance that will hasten the delivery of medical services and give patients access to free medicines and medical intervention.
During the inauguration, Department of Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said the event is a “critical milestone” in the mission to improve the Filipino people’s access to quality health care.
“It is only right that we celebrate the establishment of the 100th Malasakit Center here at RITM, as it proves that our initiatives are working, and that our citizens recognize our efforts to improve our services for their health and safety,” Duque said in his speech.