Johnson & Johnson can’t give vaccine delivery date to PH yet — envoy

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MANILA, Philippines — Although the Philippines already secured six million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, Manila’s top diplomat in the United States said it cannot give a date of delivery yet due to local demand.

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Romualdez said Johnson & Johnson’s priority is to meet the vaccine demand in the US.

“They have committed already for us six million doses of the Johnson [& Johnson] pero hindi pa sila maka-commit pa kung kailan nila idedeliver dahil nga ang priority ay yung demand dito sa America,” Romualdez said in a televised briefing.

“I suppose understandable dahil gawa dito and they need to vaccinate 70 percent…

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