as soon as the feds okay it, we'll get the vaccine

 

the big question is which vaccine.

Pfizer has been approved:

and the Inquirer says that local governments are arranging their own agreements with various drug companies:

Previously, 2.6 million vaccines were already secured from AstraZeneca by the national government and private sector. The government is expected to sign a deal for an additional 20 million doses, according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. The national government already announced securing 30 million doses of Covavax vaccine developed by Novavax and the Serum Institute of India. The country is also in final stages of negotiations with Moderna for up to 20 million doses, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Romualdez said. Some 25 million doses developed by China’s Sinovac have also been secured, 50,000 of which expected to arrive in the country by February.