MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that would expedite the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and establish a P500-million indemnity fund.
The President’s long-time aide-turned-Senator Christopher “Bong” Go confirmed this in a message to reporters.
Otherwise known as the “Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021,” the new law authorizes the national government, local government units (LGUs), and the private sector to procure vaccines against the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the respiratory illness, through the National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) and Department of Health (DOH).
It also allows LGUs to directly procu…
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