WHO urges PH to follow priority list for continued rollout of COVAX vaccines

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MANILA, Philippines — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged the Philippine government to “respect” the priority list for recipients of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility to ensure the continued rollout of the precious jabs from the global vaccine sharing pool.

WHO representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said that “to access these vaccines and the remainder of the vaccines that will be coming to the Philippines before the end of the year,” the country should be able to demonstrate that it can efficiently roll out the shots with minimized wastage and observe the prioritization list recommended by WHO.

Abeyasinghe said the WHO …

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