MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos on Saturday bared that the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 are blocking several industries in the Philippines from procuring their own COVID-19 vaccines.
In a statement, Marcos, who chairs the Senate committee on economic affairs, said that she has a copy of a draft administrative order preventing the country’s largest manufacturers of tobacco, milk, sugar, soft drinks, and alcohol, as well as multinational firms based in the Philippines from assisting the government’s national vaccination program.
The draft administrative order, Marcos said, is about to be passed for President Rodri…
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