Administration Senator Francis Tolentino has lauded the swift passage of the “COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act,” which was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday.
The new law will expedite the procurement and administration vaccines for the deadly coronavirus disease.
The law allows local government units (LGUs) to accept donations of COVID-19 vaccines from fellow LGUs and private entities—a provision of the law Tolentino has introduced during the Senate deliberations earlier this month.
Tolentino explained that donated vaccines must be registered with the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as proven by a valid Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and cleared by the FDA before they could be accepted by the LGU.
After acceptance, the donation must then be reported by the receiving LGU to the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF).
Tolentino stressed that the new law will enable well-off LGUs to donate part of their COVID-19 vaccine supply to poor LGUs which don’t have enough funds to procure vaccines for their citizens.
Meanwhile, the Senator clarified that the new law will not change existing laws on donations, particularly the provisions of the Civil Code of the Philippines but will just be a temporary and time-bound measure. (JCC)
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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