MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that the sought-after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility will go to the indigent population and be offered in barangays where there is low-vaccine take-up, Malacaang said Thursday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said this is in accordance with the conditions set by the COVAX facility which donated the jabs.
“Ipinagutos rin po ng Pangulo na ibigay ang Pfizer sa mga mahirap o sa indigent population dahil yan po ang patakaran ng COVAX,” Roque said in his regular press briefing.
(The President ordered that Pfizer be given to the poor or the indigent po…
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