The Philippines is set to sign a supply agreement for AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine, the first such deal in a country aiming to further reopen its economy that has been ravaged by the pandemic.
Carlito Galvez, a top coronavirus task force official, told a media briefing the deal would be for two million doses. However, Joey Concepcion, a government business adviser, said the private sector was aiming to procure more than that.
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