IATF overhaul needed to accelerate vaccine procurement, lawmaker says

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“We know that it is not working. May problema talaga tayo,” Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Ronnie Ong says.

A party-list congressman says the country’s COVID-19 task force needs to be overhauled to hasten vaccine procurement amid ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases. and I agree, we have to overhaul the IATF, so that we can hasten the vaccine procurement,” Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Ronnie Ong told CNN Philippines’ News Night on Tuesday.

He also noted a lack of synergy among members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the policy-making body in government’s COVID-19 response. Ong emphasized that the help of the private sector is very much needed, especially in vaccine procurement and administration. He urged the National Task Force to form a separate team to facilitate the purchase of vaccines by private companies.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday authorized vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. to approve documents that willas the government speeds up its immunization program.

 

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Paano ba mapapabilis ang procurement kung ayaw ng EU magbigay sa poorer countries. Kung may kakulangan sa supply? Kung may problema sa production?

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