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+ January 06, 2021 LATE December, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, who also chairs the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), sought the opinion of national vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation to allow local governments to buy Covid vaccines.
Local executives are encouraged to work closely with the National Government and vaccine manufacturers to secure advance purchases of vaccines.
Labella said the scheme must be a way to avoid black market dealings and ensure that the public get their supply from legitimate sources only.
That was late December, and since then we haven’t heard of any progress of any “tripartite agreement” in the works. Councilor Alvin Dizon’s ordinance that pushed for a Covid vaccination program was filed in early December yet. It’s 2021, and the ordinance must have been stuck on the legal committee level still, and we haven’t had any news on the progress of discussi
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