MANILA, Philippines — Malacaang on Monday refused to disclose the price tag of the 600,000 shots of China-donated coronavirus vaccines, saying the donation is “unquantifiable in pesos and cents.”
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque would rather highlight the importance of the arrival in the country of Sinovac against COVID-19 instead of discussing the cost if it had been procured by the government.
“Alam niyo po, I think yung dumating na 600,000 [vaccines], hindi po talaga pupwede ma-quantify in money terms,” Roque said in a briefing of the government’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout at the Philippine General Hospital.
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