A health worker prepares China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine inside a bus used as a mobile vaccination center in Taguig, Philippines on June 18, 2021. - AP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The government has sealed what is so far its biggest Covid-19 vaccine purchase deal, with the signing of an agreement for the delivery of 40 million doses of the vaccine developed by American multinational Pfizer Inc. and German biotechnology company BioNTech SE.
In a statement on Sunday, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said he and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III signed a supply agreement with representatives of Pfizer on Saturday.
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