MANILA, Philippines — The US responded very positively to the Philippines’ request for unused COVID-19 vaccines, National Task Force against COVID-19 deputy chief implementer Vince Dizon said Tuesday.
Dizon said the Philippine government asked the US government for some of its unused COVID-19 vaccines, particularly those from British-Swede drug firm AstraZeneca.
“Sa balita na binigay sa amin ni Ambassador Babes Romualdez, very positive po ang naging response ng US government tungkol sa ating request lalo na doon sa mga AstraZeneca vaccines na nasa America ngayon na hindi pa nila ginagamit,” he said in a Palace briefing.
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