VACCINE czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has clarified that a Philippine Health Insurance Corporation identification number or PIN is not a mandatory requirement for persons who are expected to receive a jab against the coronavirus disease 2019 .
“Puwede naman nilang gamitin iyong lahat ng mga puwedeng IDs po nila ,” Galvez said during a virtual press briefing. Galvez said LGUs were currently conducting pre-registration and application so that vaccinees could undergo pre-screening and pre-listing. PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran, in a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, retracted the statement and said that a PIN was only required if PhilHealth beneficiaries who got vaccinated were claiming benefits in case they experience adverse effects.Under the DoH Memorandum Order 2021-0099, all potential vaccine recipients need to be registered using unique identifiers. One of them is the PhilHealth ID.
Galvez said that there would be a “slight delay” in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to be supplied by the World Health Organization-led Covax facility to the Philippines due to “global logistics constraints” but assured the public that the government was doing everything it could to expedite the remaining Covax commitment.
On March 4, 487,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the country, followed by another set of 38,400 doses on March 7 — a total of 525,600 doses from Covax.
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