Can't wait for gov't vaccine? Red Cross to charge P3,500 for Moderna jabs

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/01/07/covid-vaccine.jpg"/><figcaption>An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health&#x27;s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, US, on December 21, 2020. <em>Eduardo Munoz, Reuters/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATED) - The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday said it would charge P3,500 for 2 doses of Moderna&#x27;s COVID-19 jabs. </p><p>Some 200,000 doses from the US pharmaceutical giant are set to arrive next month, PRC chair Richard Gordon told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/14/21/moderna-covid-vaccine-efficacy-falls-slightly-to-90-percent-in-us-trial">Moderna COVID vaccine efficacy falls slightly to 90 percent in US trial</a></li></ul><p>&quot;If we are going to wait for the [government&#x27;s] vaccines to come, mahuhuli (we will be late),&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Those of you who cannot wait, you pay P3,500 and that&#x27;s 2 doses already,&quot; he said.</p><p>The PRC also procured jabs from AstraZeneca, but the vaccines are not expected to arrive until next year, Gordon said.</p><p>&quot;With India tightening the [vaccine supply] line, mahirap (it&#x27;s hard),&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/23/21/red-cross-may-paparating-na-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-sa-hunyo-o-hulyo-chair">Red Cross may paparating na Moderna COVID-19 vaccines sa Hunyo o Hulyo: chair</a></li></ul><p>While the PRC is expected to begin its vaccination program soon, Gordon said he is not in favor of mass inoculation programs.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m afraid of mass vaccinations... Lilinya yung mga tao, maghahawa-hawa yan (People might get infected with the disease while they are in line),&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;What you need is more vaccination centers na supervised... You cannot vaccinate 30,000 in one area only. I think it is gonna cause a lot of problems,&quot; he said.</p><p>The government earlier approved a plan to build a mega vaccination site in Parañaque City to accelerate the Philippines&#x27; daily vaccination rate, which stands at 63,000 daily.</p><p>The Philippines hopes to inoculate at least 50 million individuals by the end of the year to achieve herd immunity against the disease that has infected some 1 million people in the country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/12/21/enrique-razon-ictsi-mega-vaccine-facility-nayong-pilipino-foundation">Mega-vaccination facility to rise in &#x27;empty reclaimed land&#x27;, not a forest: ICTSI&#x27;s Razon</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/11/21/palace-says-mega-vaccination-site-in-paraaque-will-be-temporary">Palace says mega vaccination site in Parañaque will be temporary</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1686500" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday said it would charge P3,500 for 2 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 jabs. </p>

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday said it would charge P3,500 for 2 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 jabs.

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Can't wait for gov't vaccine? Red Cross to charge P3,500 for Moderna jabs

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Published May 17, 2021 12:44 PM PHT

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