MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday welcomed the move of President Duterte to issue an order allowing local government units (LGUs) to make advanced payments to buy COVID-19 vaccines, saying this would help them transition “to some kind of normalcy.”
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque disclosed earlier that Duterte is expected to sign a memorandum order allowing a 50 percent advanced payment for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines.
“This is an important step in our fight to defeat the spread of COVID-19 as this allows the speedy procurement of the most effective vaccines by LGUs cognizant that any delay would have serious consequences on how we move forward…
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