MANILA, Philippines — The private sector no longer needs to donate some of its procured doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the government, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said Tuesday.
Concepcion, citing the country’s vaccine manager Carlito Galvez Jr., said the government will already have sufficient vaccine doses hence the private sector need not to donate its doses anymore.
“Secretary Galvez, two or three weeks ago, told me and they’re making it official that there is no need for us to donate anymore. I asked him why, and he said the government will have sufficient doses,” Concepcion said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
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