MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 policy chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. finally addressed on Friday the alleged fallout in the prompt acquisition of US drugmaker Pfizer’s vaccine, saying that neither a bus was missed nor the ball was dropped in the negotiations.
Earlier this week, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tweeted that he and Philippine Ambassador to US Jose Manuel Romualdez were able to secure millions of doses of Pfizer vaccines, which were supposed to arrive in the country by January 2021.
However, the country’s top diplomat claimed that the plans were foiled after “someone dropped the ball.”He did not identify who he was referring to.
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