Pimentel: Prices of all COVID-19 vaccines not divulged during Blue Ribbon exec session

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"Tapatin ko kayo. Hindi ko pa rin nalaman ang presyo ng lahat. Kahit na nag-executive session kami, but I will ask the chairman kung ano ba ang hawak niya," Pimentel said in an interview.

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Thursday senators are still not informed of the real cost of the COVID-19 vaccines procured by the government during the height of the pandemic. That's despite the Senate blue ribbon committee already conducting an executive session last Wednesday.

The executive session was part of the Senate blue ribbon committee's investigation into the alleged refusal of the Department of Health to release the details of the vaccine procurement contracts on the pretext of non-disclosure agreements with the pharmaceutical companies. During the first Blue Ribbon hearing on the NDAs with the government, DOH officer-in-charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire explained that some pharmaceutical companiesDOH submitted

 

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