MANILA, Philippines — The city government of Taguig has set aside a P1 billion budget to purchase different versions of the COVID-19 vaccines and help the national government’s vaccination rollout.
According to a statement from the Taguig local government unit (LGU) on Tuesday, they are looking to buy vaccines created through different methods — meaning those derived from mRNA and DNA, or those that used viral vectors — to ensure that they would be prepared for different COVID-19 variants of concern.
As of now, the city was able to iron out agreements with three pharmaceutical companies, namely:
Novavax which produces Covovax, a protein based vaccine that uses recombinan…
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