ASEANEWS | Paper Edition-Today’s Headline: ’27M Covid vaccines to expire by July’

April 3, 2022April 4, 2022 Editor 0 Comment ASEANEWS | Paper Edition-Today’s Headline: '27M Covid vaccines to expire by July'

MORE PFIZER VACCINE. A staff of the Bureau of Customs inspects the boxes containing 936,000 doses of reformulated Pfizer vaccine for use by the pediatric population at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Thursday (March 31, 2022) night. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)

PRESIDENTIAL Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria “Joey” Concepcion 3rd on Saturday said that some 27 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines are set to expire in July this year, emphasizing the urgency for Filipinos to go and get jabbed and, if eligible, get their booster shots.

“Let’s not allow 27 million doses of the Covid vaccine to go to waste,” the Go Negosyo founder said in a statement.

Concepcion has been pushing for mandatory booster cards by June to encourage Filipinos to get their third shots.

“Time is of the essence. This is why I am calling it out now while there is still time before these vaccines expire. If we don’t use these vaccines, we will have wasted the Filipino taxpayers’ money,” he said.

“It’s money the Philippines can’t afford to waste,” Concepcion said, as he pointed out that the country has recently breached the P12-trillion mark in its debt for the first time, primarily due to massive borrowing in the last two years for its pandemic response efforts.

READ MORE: https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/04/03/news/national/27m-covid-vaccines-to-expire-by-july/1838675

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