3.6 million expired Covid vaccines to be replaced by Covax

Apr 27, 2022 | Nation

Some 3.6 million expired Covid-19 vaccine doses will be replaced by the COVAX facility without additional cost, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.Duque explained during President Rodrigo Duterte’s taped Talk to the People that the DOH requested COVAX...

More US-donated Pfizer doses arrive in PH

Sep 21, 2021 | Church, Nation

The Philippines on Monday night received 561,600 Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine doses, which were donations of the US government.National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro Herbosa said the majority of the doses would be deployed to...

US delivers half of $4-B pledge to Covax facility

Mar 5, 2021 | Top Stories

The US has donated $2 billion (P97.2 billion) so far to the global Covax facility, a platform that seeks to provide countries worldwide equitable access to safe and effective vaccines, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. The U.S. welcomes the arrival of 487,200...

PH pledges $200,000 for Asean Covid-19 fund, Covax

Jan 22, 2021 | Nation

The country has made $200,000 (about P9.6 million) worth of commitments to international vaccine initiatives, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Twitter. “I just pledged $100,000 to Covax at Asean Foreign Ministers Retreat; I will make good on...

PH secures up to 40M vaccine doses from Covax

Jan 21, 2021 | Top Stories

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. on Thursday announced that the Philippines would receive up to 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Covax global initiative. “Ikinagagalak ko po na ibalita na ang atin pong Covax facility para sa Pilipinas ay naaprubahan na...