Senate to review vaccine purchases before granting more funds to gov’t

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The Senate must first review the government’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines before more funds can be authorized for the same, Sen. Lacson said after the budget chief mentioned a possible need for an additional P25 billion. | CMRamosINQ

For instance, P25 billion in addition to the P82.5 billion can already purchase 83.7 million vaccine doses of Moderna’s jab, which Lacson noted is priced at P26.83 or P1,283 for each dose.

“The Senate Committee on Finance received the report from DOH during the 2021 budget deliberations last October or November 2020 that the cost of Sinovac vaccines was the equivalent of P3,629 for 2 doses,” he noted. Lacson had pointed out during the hearing that this was higher than the price of what other countries like Thailand were able to get for the same COVID-19 vaccine from“I showed a slide showing the prices of the same brand in Thailand and Indonesia. I even computed the difference of the DOH recommended price and the Thailand price at a whopping P52.8 [billion] which if not checked MIGHT have been the attempted overprice,” he went on.

 

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