st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year. The announcement came after Malacañang allowed private companies to secure for their workplace. “This is good news for Filipino athletes who will be competing in the Hanoi SEA Games,” Tolentino said, adding it will use the $40,000 subsidy from the Olympic Council of Asia to purchase the vaccine. The country has sent an entry by number of 626 athletes to the SEAG Organizing Committee to compete in 39 of 40 sports. Entry by name will be finalized in the coming months. Tolentino has already appointed POC First Vice President Al Panlilio to chair the task force on the COVID-19 vaccine procurement, where it would decide which brand they would procure for the athletes.