Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent bills filed in Congress that will speed up procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.
A volunteer nurse of the Philippine Red Cross inoculates a child against polio and measles during the vaccination project in Barangay Northbay Boulevard in Navotas City on Feb. 16, 2021. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN