MANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III disclosed to the Senate on Tuesday the price range of the COVID-19 shots obtained by the government after he was pressed for more transparency on vaccines bought using public funds.
Dominguez told the Senate Committee of the Whole that the price tags of the COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the government ranged from $6.75 (P324.44) per dose to $27.59 (P1,326.13) per dose.
The Senate Committee of the Whole held an inquiry on the national government’s utilization of the P82.5-billion allocation for COVID-19 vaccine procurement.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has prodded Dominguez to reveal the price bracket o…
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