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Vaccine czar sees herd immunity vs COVID-19 by yearend

Vaccine czar sees herd immunity vs COVID-19 by yearend Helen Flores © OPAPP/Released, file Vaccine czar sees herd immunity vs COVID-19 by yearend MANILA, Philippines Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. yesterday expressed confidence that the Philippines will achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 within the year. “We are very confident that the country will be able to achieve herd containment within this year with the help of the private sector, with the inoculation of 50 to 70 million Filipinos,” said Galvez, who also serves as National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar. Business groups, at a virtual vaccine summit held and co-organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) yesterday, urged the government to allow them to purchase COVID-19 vaccines directly from accredited sources to speed up the country’s vaccination efforts.

Russian envoy says negotiation for delivery of 20M Sputnik V vaccines to PH in final stages

Russian Federation Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov (PCOO) Pavlov made this disclosure during the first virtual Vaccine Summit jointly organized by the various business chambers in the Philippines. Citing reports from the Russia Direct Investment Fund, Pavlov said they are hoping to conclude the negotiation shortly even as the first trial batch of the Sputnik V consisting of 15,000 doses is set to arrive in Manila on Saturday, May 1. Russia is the second vaccine-manufacturing country to commit to providing the Philippines with the coronavirus jabs, next only to China, which has already delivered more than 3 million doses of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines since Feb. 28.

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