Malacanang’s announcement that prices of Sinovac vaccines in the Philippines will be lowered to P650 per dose means the Senate has done its work, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Sunday.
Lacson said the Senate had sought to save the people billions of pesos in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
“If it’s true that government is now dropping the price of Sinovac vaccine from P1,847.25 per dose to only P650, the Senate has probably done our share to save our people billions of pesos in the country’s vaccination program. Netizens can pat themselves on the back,” he said on his Twitter account.
If it’s true that government is now dropping the price of Sinovac vaccine from P1,847.25 per dose to only P650, the Senate has probably done our share to save our people billions of pesos in the country’s vaccination program. Netizens can pat themselves on the back.
— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) January 17, 2021
Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. “assured” that prices of Sinovac vaccines in the Philippines would go down to P650 per dose.
Lacson, in a statement, noted that a news article on Bangkok Post dated Jan. 16, 2021, citing figures from the World Health Organization and from the manufacturers, showed the price of Sinovac was only $5 (P240) per dose.
During deliberations on the 2021 national budget last November, the Department of Health provided the Senate Committee on Finance the data on the Sinovac price: P3,629.50 for two doses.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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