ADVERTISEMENTGalvez, chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said the sources of the P73 billion—loans from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank—might be “unlocked” by December. Priority recipientsHe said the Department of Health (DOH) had given the task force a list of 35 million Filipinos who would be the priority recipients of the chosen vaccine. The government is negotiating with foreign governments and vaccine makers for vaccine supplies, Galvez said. ADVERTISEMENTNo storage problemGalvez gave assurance that storing the vaccines would not be a problem, given that the task force had six months to plan the logistics. Whatever vaccine would be chosen by the Philippines would need approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Galvez said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 25, 2020 21:33 UTC