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  • February 12, 2021 , 10:42am

Health experts ‘strongly oppose’ bills allowing LGUs to directly buy COVID-19 vaccines

Health experts ‘strongly oppose’ bills allowing LGUs to directly buy COVID-19 vaccines

The Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 warns that allowing for such a setup could severely impact public health safety and lead to the inequitable rollout of vaccines in the Philippines

By Sofia Tomacruz

Several of the Philippines’ top health experts on Thursday, February 11, opposed lawmakers’ efforts to push for bills that would allow local government units (LGUs) to buy coronavirus vaccines directly from manufacturers.

The Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 (HPAAC) – the largest coalition of health groups in the country – warned that proposed measures seeking to grant LGUs this authority could severely impact the public health safety and rollout of vaccines in the country.

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