Watch more on iWantTFC MANILA – It would be in the best interest of local government units to rely on decisions made by the National Task Force Against COVID-19 when it comes to vaccine purchases, the head of the League of Provinces of the Philippines said Friday.
"Because there are some suppliers of vaccines like those of Sinovac, Pfizer, and Sputnik V, if you request for these vaccines then NTF will not sign the tripartite agreements because they want to prioritize the supply of the national government," he said. Velasco said that signing vaccine purchase deals may be an exercise in futility for now amid issues of vaccine availability.
"If there are too many people who are deciding on what can be done with respect to a national health emergency, like this very difficult problem with the COVID-19 and more particularly the Delta variant, it may be more chaotic and problematic and this may not be effective in the end," he said.