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Philippines eyes getting some of Canada's excess COVID-19 vaccines: envoy

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/06/28/20210604-canada-vaccines.jpg"/><figcaption>Canada&#x27;s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau watches the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being extracted while he visits a vaccination clinic at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. <em>Andrej Ivanov, Reuters/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines has expressed its intent to get some of Canada&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccines, the country&#x27;s envoy there said on Monday, as Filipino authorities sought to boost the inoculation drive. </p><p>Canada has secured 180 million COVID-19 shots for its around 40 million people. This means that it could have some 100 million excess jabs of 2-shot vaccines, said Philippine Ambassador Rodolfo Robles. </p><p>&quot;I had the Philippines listed among those who are interested to get the excess [vaccines] of Canada,&quot; he said in a Malacañang press briefing. </p><p>Canada expects to finish its vaccination drive by the middle of the fourth quarter this year, Robles said. </p><p>&quot;Before the end of the year, we will know already how many excess Canada will have... I am really watching with an eagle eye on the prospect of getting some excess from Canada,&quot; he said. </p><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=1715748" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><em>Video courtesy of PTV</em></div><p>The ambassador said he also reached out to Canadian biotechnology company Medicago about the possibility of manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, where it would have tax and importation perks. </p><p>Medicago requires a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for the negotiations. The document is &quot;still in the hands&quot; of the Department of Science and Technology, Robles said. </p><p>&quot;With that, we can start negotiating more formally, after getting that NDA approved by the Filipino government... I expect that to be proceeding faster as soon as I get the confirmation,&quot; he said. </p><p>The Philippines has taken delivery of some 17.4 million COVID-19 shots, at least 10 million of which have been administered as of June 27. </p><p>Among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the Philippines aims to vaccinate at least 58 million of its 110 million population this year to achieve herd immunity.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/28/21/inoculation-protocol-probed-after-staff-fails-to-push-contents-of-syringe-with-covid-19-vaccine">DOH looks into COVID-19 vaccination protocol after improper administration in Makati</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/25/21/expert-says-herd-immunity-faster-with-higher-efficacy-vaccines">Herd immunity may happen faster with more effective COVID-19 vaccines: expert</a></li></ul><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF" data-title="COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

<p>The Philippines has expressed its intent to get some of Canada's COVID-19 vaccines, the country's envoy there said on Monday, as Filipino authorities sought to boost the inoculation drive.<br /> </p>

The Philippines has expressed its intent to get some of Canada's COVID-19 vaccines, the country's envoy there said on Monday, as Filipino authorities sought to boost the inoculation drive.

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Philippines eyes getting some of Canada's excess COVID-19 vaccines: envoy

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Published June 28, 2021 05:10 PM PHT

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