MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) may purchase their own supply of coronavirus vaccines to inoculate their constituents who are not part of the priority population of the national government’s vaccination program.
According to Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, some LGUs have already allotted funds to procure COVID-19 vaccines
“They can purchase COVID-19 vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration as augmentation,” Malaya said Saturday in a televised Laging Handa Public Briefing.
“Kumabaga kung gusto pa nila ng dagdag na constituents nila na hindi priority, puwede po silang bumili at i-vaccinate ang kanilang constituents,” he added.
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