Philippines to get 30 million doses of India's Novavax vaccine

The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc's Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021. - Reuters

MANILA (Reuters): The Philippines expects to receive 30 million doses of Novavax Inc's Covid-19 vaccine by July next year, its foreign minister said on Monday, boosting the country's effort to secure supplies to inoculate more than 100 million people.

Despite consultations with numerous vaccine makers, the Philippines has so far signed only one supply deal, with the help of its private sector, to acquire 2.6 million shots of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.