20M Moderna vaccine doses from US face delay, says envoy
Published April 15, 2021 8:45pm Some 20 million doses of American pharmaceutical firm Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine, which are expected to arrive in the Philippines in late May, might be slightly delayed, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said. According to Sandra Aguinaldo’s report on “24 Oras,” Romualdez said the delay is due to the United State’s policy on vaccine export. “There’s sort of like a ban for exporting these vaccines coming from the United States because of the domestic demand,” Romualdez said. He added that the recent pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in the US also resulted in the setback.
The country is expecting some 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, with the shipment seen to arrive by end of May or June, according to Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez.
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines coming as supply stabilizes Romualdez By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 11, 2021 8:52am Pfizer and Moderna have told the Philippines that they will be able to deliver their COVID-19 vaccines to the country not too far away from now, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said Sunday. In a Dobol B TV interview, Romualdez expressed confidence that the Philippines will start receiving the vaccines manufactured by these American brands once the supply stabilizes. He pointed out that by May this year, the US will be able to complete its supply of vaccines for all its citizens, which means that the succeeding productions will be for export already.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 11, 2021 9:37am
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez expects more US vessels to arrive in South China Sea. In a Dobol B TV interview, Romualdez said US vessels are being deployed in the disputed waters to uphold freedom of navigation. US freedom of navigation operations ay tuluy-tuloy yan (will continue). They ve been increasing it in the past several months . precisely to protect the seaway there, he said. Freedom of navigation [means], any vessel can pass through there without any harassment or any stop from any country, he added.