ASEANEWS HEADLINES: COVID 19 NEW VARIANTS & VACCINES: MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte signs the COVID-19 Vaccination Act of 2021
MANILA-. President Rodrigo Duterte signs the COVID-19 Vaccination Act of 2021
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Clears way for jab rollout, provides for P500m indemnity fund
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President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed into law a measure that seeks to hasten the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and sets up a P500 million indemnity fund to compensate those who may experience adverse consequences from the anti-virus jabs.
“We are confident that the signing of this landmark piece of legislation would expedite the procurement and administration of vaccines for the protection against COVID-19,” said presidential spokesman Harry Roque.
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Under the new law, local government units as well as the private sector are now allowed to procure doses through a multilateral pact with the National Task Force, Department of Health, and the vaccine supplier.
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LGUs are likewise given the greenlight to make advance payments for the vaccine purchase.The country will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday with the arrival of 600,000 doses from China’s Sinovac Biotech.
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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Saturday, 7am, February 27, 2021
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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
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COVID-19 infection crosses 113.8 million globally as deaths cross are at 2.524 million.
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The update-2.27.2021 Sick Earth Plague Day 458
(1 Year, 2 Months, 27 Days)
Coronavirus Covid-19
Cases Globally: 113,824,617;
Deaths: 2,524,867:
Recovered : 89,430,913.
Deaths: 2,524,867:
Recovered : 89,430,913.
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Friday, 26/02/2021
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