The arrival of the second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine doses procured by the private sector is very timely since the government is intensifying its fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion 3rd said.

The delivery of 575,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday was made possible through a tripartite agreement among the national government, a group of private corporations represented by Concepcion and the British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm.

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