{"id":277583,"date":"2020-12-03T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=277583"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T16:15:38","slug":"palace-welcomes-lgu-initiative-to-buy-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/03\/palace-welcomes-lgu-initiative-to-buy-covid-19-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace welcomes LGU initiative to buy Covid-19 vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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However, he raised the possibility of having problems in supply as many countries would race to acquire doses of the vaccine.(Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday welcomed plans made by some local government units (LGUs) to purchase doses of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines but reminded them that the national government has allocated funds for 60 to 70 percent of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this statement after Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron said the city government has requested for some PHP100 million to buy doses of vaccines for their people.<\/p>\n

However, he raised the possibility of having problems in supply as many countries would race to acquire doses of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate\u00a0po<\/em>\u00a0and welcome the initiatives of LGUs\u00a0na maglaan ng sariling pondo para makabili ng bakuna. Ang problema lang po talaga ay iyong<\/em>\u00a0availability,\u00a0kasi iyong lahat ng mga bansa nag-uunahan makakuha, so hindi mo maaalis sa<\/em>\u00a0manufacturers\u00a0na magkakaroon sila ng parang<\/em>\u00a0quota (to allot their own funds to purchase vaccines. The problem is the availability because countries will be racing to acquire them, so the manufacturer cannot avoid providing a quota),\u201d he said in a press briefing from Palawan.<\/p>\n

Citing vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., Roque said the government will buy from four brands — Sinovac (China), Pfizer (US), AstraZeneca (UK), and Sputnik V (Russia).<\/p>\n

He suggested using the local funds to purchase vaccines not among the four brands already identified by government.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps you can propose na iyong local appropriation ninyo (that your local appropriation) can purchase a vaccine that is not included in the four\u00a0na mayroon na tayong<\/em>\u00a0quota\u00a0para mas marami iyong makuha natin, kasi hindi lang naman po apat iyong magkakaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0vaccine (that already have quotas so that you can acquire more, because it\u2019s not only four brands developing a vaccine),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even if the national government has set aside funds for the entire nation, Roque said he would not discourage other LGUs from purchasing their own vaccines.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko rin po dini-<\/em>discourage\u00a0ang mga<\/em>\u00a0local government units\u00a0na maglaan ng sariling pondo dahil sinasabi ko nga mayroon pa namang ibang mga bakuna na pupuwede nating bilhin at kung handa silang gumastos, siguro naman po ang<\/em>\u00a0(I will not discourage local government units to allocate their own funds because as I said there are other vaccines that we can purchase and if they are prepared to spend, perhaps the) national government will order for them para mas marami tayong bakunang makuha (so that we can get more vaccine), over and beyond our quotas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Galvez said the government has come up with a list of 25 million people who will get the vaccine first including the poor, healthcare workers, police and military personnel, and essential service workers.<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte earlier approved Executive Order No. 121 on the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of drugs and vaccines against Covid-19.<\/p>\n

The EUA is expected to speed up the processing time for approval of potential vaccines from six months to 21 to 28 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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