MANILA, Philippines — None of the COVID-19 vaccines ordered by the government have been delivered, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted in a televised pre-recorded briefing on Wednesday.
The first batch of the ordered vaccines will arrive sometime next week or at least within this month.
“Where are the vaccines? None. There are [vaccines], but they’re not yet paid for by the people. Just to complete the story: There are none yet and up to this time, there is no vaccine that we bought that has arrived. I pray it would happen within the month of March,” Duterte said, speaking partly in Filipino.
The Philippines’ current vaccine supply consists of donations — Sinovac’s CoronaVac …
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