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The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the head of the government’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement said on Sunday. Deliveries of the vaccine, among several brands of coronavirus shots allowed for emergency use in the Southeast Asian country, will begin “after eight weeks starting August”, Carlito Galvez said in a statement. The deal comes as a delay in vaccine deliveries had earlier this month forced some cities in the capital region to close vaccination sites, complicating Manila’s efforts to ramp up its immunisation drive in an Asian...
