AT least 13 million Filipinos will receive coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines to be purchased by the private sector and the local government units (LGUs), a Palace official said on Tuesday, as the country eyed launching its inoculation drive against the respiratory disease in February.

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles said the national government has allocated P75 billion for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines for 57 million people in the country.

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