By Prince Golez
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the use of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses on poor or indigent population in line with COVAX guidelines, Malacañang said Thursday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte wanted Pfizer doses to be deployed in barangays with low vaccination uptake.
“Ipinagutos ng Pangulo na ibigay ang Pfizer sa mga mahihirap o indigent population dahil yan ang patakaran ng COXAC,” Roque said during his televised briefing.
“Dagdag ni Presidente, ilagay ang Pfizer hindi sa mga mall kundi sa vaccination sites sa mga barangay kung saan mababa ang take up ng vaccines,” he added.
On May 10, the Philippines received the first 193,050 doses of donated Pfizer vaccines from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility. These vaccines will be used on priority groups A1 (frontline health workers) to A3 (persons with comorbidities).
The government is eyeing a total of 1.3 million Pfizer vaccine doses within the month.
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