The Philippines is still holdings talks with Russia to get the 'best deal' for the procurement of the single-shot Sputnik Light vaccines, according to an adviser to the COVID-19 national task force.
[Translation: Because the national task force is thinking that if we buy an expensive single-dose vaccine, maybe it would be better if we buy two doses in more quantities. So I told the Russian ambassador, if they can lower the price.]At the time, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said the country would be getting one million doses of the Russia-made vaccine.
The Sputnik Light earned emergency use approval from the Food and Drug Administration in August. Developed by Gamaleya Institute, the vaccine requires a storage temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius.against the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.
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