MANILA, Philippines — The final P72.5-billion allocation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines under the proposed P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget is enough for the targeted vaccination of 60 million Filipinos, Malacaang said Thursday.
Under the bicameral conference committee-approved version of the 2021 budget, P2.5 billion of the allotment for the vaccines are programmed funds lodged with the Department of Health (DOH), while the other P70 billion is under unprogrammed appropriations.
This, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, is already sufficient even as it is slightly lower than the P83…
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