COVID‑19 vaccines

• Where are the vaccines?

  01 April 2021

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  Justice Carpio explains why the Philippine government had not yet purchased Western COVID‑19 vaccines by April 2021, analyzing legal misconceptions about advance payments, unsigned procurement contracts, and policy missteps that impeded access to vaccine supplies.

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• Advance payment for vaccine

  19 November 2020

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  Justice Carpio explains why Philippine law does allow advance payments for COVID‑19 vaccine acquisition with presidential approval, and how misunderstanding this — plus global vaccine market realities — could delay access for Filipinos.

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