“It is the President’s best birthday gift to himself,” Sen. Panfilo Lacson said. Further, he cited the availability of vaccines in the world market as among the challenges in the procurement of jabs. “Not to mention the time lag between booking and actual deliveries of the vaccines. Unfortunately, those in charge of handling the pandemic do not think the same way as most of us do,” he added. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, meanwhile, said the president’s order would be beneficial to the government’s vaccination drive.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 30, 2021 03:01 UTC