The Department of Health said that the arrival of donated COVID-19 bivalent vaccines is currently “on hold,” as the agreement with COVAX, the vaccine manufacturer, contains conditions that still need to be studied. | zacariansINQ
“Ito po ‘yung pinagaaralan nating maigi para naman hindi natin nagigiveup ‘yung ating karapatan bilang bansa in terms of these agreements. So for now nakahold po tayo, but we are confident that we can still push through and get these COVAX donations,” she added.
Vergeire said that the government is currently exhausting all efforts to push through with the donations, pointing out the stipulation in the bill establishing the Philippine Center for Disease Control as one of its options that could cover vaccine agreements. “Tayo po ay nag include diyan ng isang provision kung saan mako-cover po nito itong mga iniiwasan natin o ito pong mga provisions na kailangan sa mga agreements natin with those that are going to donate vaccines for COVID-19 here in the country,” said Vergeire.
To recall, the DOH previously said that the first batch of donated bivalent vaccines was expected to arrive by March.A total of 1,002,000 doses of the bivalent vaccines from COVAX were expected to arrive, and they are to be inoculated to the country’s vulnerable population, A1, A2, A3 or healthcare workers, senior citizens, and those with comorbidities.
Bivalent vaccines are a type of vaccine that targets specific variants of COVID-19, like the more transmissible Omicron.
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