{"id":278545,"date":"2020-12-14T05:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T10:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278545"},"modified":"2020-12-14T05:16:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T10:16:01","slug":"govt-expects-huge-bulk-of-covid-vaccines-by-3rd-quarter-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/14\/govt-expects-huge-bulk-of-covid-vaccines-by-3rd-quarter-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t expects huge bulk of Covid vaccines by 3rd quarter of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite citing some challenges in acquiring the vaccines, Galvez assured that the government is doing its best to access the vaccine shots for the country. (File photo: Daniel Schludi\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government is eyeing to acquire huge volume of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines on the third quarter of 2021, National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual briefing with Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Galvez said the government has ongoing negotiations with nine pharmaceutical companies in different countries.<\/p>\n

“Sa ngayon po mayroon na tayong (So far, we are conducting) advance negotiation sa apat po na malalaking kumpanya at patuloy po ang<\/em>\u00a0(with four big companies) exploratory talks sa (with) other five companies,” he added.<\/p>\n

Despite citing some challenges in acquiring the vaccines, Galvez assured that the government is doing its best to access the vaccine shots for the country.<\/p>\n

However, Galvez noted that about 80 percent of the available vaccine supplies have already been procured by rich countries.<\/p>\n

“Sa ngayon po<\/em>\u00a0(so far) most probably\u00a0baka magkaroon po tayo ng<\/em>\u00a0(we are expecting to acquire the) vaccine ng (in the) first quarter, most probably by March, and then also, ang mga (the acquisition of the) second tranche is [in the] second quarter, third quarter and fourth quarter,” Galvez said. “But we are expecting ‘yung (the) volumes of the vaccines will be coming [in] the early third quarter [of 2021].”<\/p>\n

He added that the country is negotiating with Pfizer Inc. while still waiting for the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the United Kingdom’s AstraZenica vaccines.<\/p>\n

Galvez said there is also a positive result in the government’s agreement with China’s Sinovac.<\/p>\n

He is optimistic to finalize the agreement early next week.<\/p>\n

“Pagkalabas kasi ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0(After the release of the) EUA, [emergency use authorization] ng (of the) originating country,\u00a0‘yun ang pinaka-cue natin kasi<\/em>\u00a0(that will serve as our cue) with the regulatory requirement\u00a0ng ating<\/em>\u00a0(with our) multilateral arrangement with Asian Development Bank\u00a0at tsaka ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0(and with the) World Bank,” he said.<\/p>\n

Galvez added that all the procurement will be done through multilateral arrangements with the Asian Development Bank and with World Bank wherein they require stringent regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n

“Karamihan po sa ating mga pirmahan, pinipilit po namin na magkaroon ng<\/em>\u00a0(On most of our agreement signing, we are trying to push for) initial success this December and mostly on January [2021],\u00a0dahil ‘yung mga kinokontrata nating mga vaccine ay magkakaroon ng EUA<\/em>\u00a0(because most of the vaccine deals could get EUA) this coming January pa,” he said.<\/p>\n

To date, the country’s testing capacity has an average of 25,000 to 30,000 daily, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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