MANILA (PHILIPPINES) – Philippines is in talks with Moderna Inc to purchase 20 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, said the country’s presidential spokesman Harry Roque, on Tuesday.
Moderna’s vaccines adds to Philippines’ deals to buy a total of 72 million doses from AstraZeneca, Novavax and Sinovac.
The Philippines has the second-highest COVID-19 infections and deaths in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia.