Gov’t eyes to limit COVID-19 vaccine rollout to 3 to 4 brands

MANILA, Philippines — The government may just use three to four COVID-19 vaccine brands in the future, the chairperson of the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said Saturday.

According to NVOC chair and Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, the country has too many portfolios of COVID-19 vaccines.

“Hindi na po tayo bibili, sa aking pagkakaintindi, ng Sputnik vaccine. Alam naman natin na kailangan natin ilimit. Masyado nang marami tayong portfolio ng bakuna dahil sa preferences, so baka ilimit lang natin sa three or four vaccines in the future,” she said at the Laging Handa public briefing when asked about the procurement of Sputnik Light vaccines.

(Based on my knowledge, we will no longer procure Sputnik vaccines. We know we should limit the vaccine brands. We have too many vaccine portfolios, so maybe we should just limit this to three or four vaccines in the future.)

At present, the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the vaccination rollout are Pfizer, Moderna, Sinovac, Sputnik, Janssen, and AstraZeneca.

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