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DOH: We can't buy more COVID vaccine doses unless state of calamity extended


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A health worker prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine booster at the Marikina Sports Complex on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.

The STAR / Walter Bollozos

 

MANILA, Philippines — The government can still continue the rollout of vaccines if President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. decides against the extension of the state of calamity due to COVID-19, but it cannot purchase additional doses, the Department of Health said Friday.

 

The DOH sought to extend the declaration of the state of calamity, which is set to expire on December 31, to allow the continued implementation of measures to combat the pandemic.

 

But on Thursday, Marcos said he was "very, very hesitant" to allow the extension "because we are not in a state of calamity anymore, technically speaking."

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/30/2234290/doh-we-cant-buy-more-covid-vaccine-doses-unless-state-calamity-extended

 

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