Govt procured 89M vaccines so far

By Keith Calayag

Jul 13, 2021 12:46 am

THE government has so far procured 89 million Covid-19 vaccines, costing $1 billion, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said on Monday.

In a press briefing, Roque said the government paid $400 million of the $1 billion through the national budget and multilateral financial institutions.

NEW ARRIVAL. An airport staff gives a hand signal to the forklift driver as crates containing Sputnik V vaccines are offloaded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on Saturday night (July 10, 2021). A Korean Air flight brought the government-procured 37,800 doses, to add to the 132,200 doses that arrived on Friday. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)

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