National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Wednesday that 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses would be sufficient for this year’s vaccination operations.
“We are confident we can distribute and administer these 100 million doses this year,” Galvez said in a media forum.
He said that the stockpile will be used to administer 10 million doses to pediatric age groups, 60 million doses as booster shots, 1.8 million doses for senior citizens and 24 million doses for fourth dose or second booster shots.
Earlier the government had allocated PHP45.3 billion for the procurement of COVID-19 booster shots for this year.
“Hindi na po natin nagamit yun sa ngayong year dahil napababa po natin ang presyo ng vaccine during our first negotiation,” Galvez said.
“Yung savings po natin ay nagagamit natin sa 2022 vaccination,” he added.
