Advance Payment for Astra Zeneca

@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
March 2, 2021 8:50am CST
I tried my best to find what vaccine's brand that my city's officials ordered. According to what I read, it is called Astra Zeneca. It is created by a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company. Guess what? The advance payment is P18 million ($371, 464.02) and it is equivalent to more than 380,000 doses. It seems so pricey for me to have two doses of this vaccine. I cannot figure out how much will it cost per individual since the article did not put it into exact numbers of doses. Is it free to have vaccines in your country? Image Credit: thumbs.dreamstime.com
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502484)
• Italy
2 Mar 21
Astra Zeneca is one of the vaccine distributed also in some European countries.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
It seems like this brand of vaccine is better than Sinovac from China.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502484)
• Italy
3 Mar 21
@Shavkat The first shot only protects 64% it's not a lot compared to Pfizer and Moderna, with the second shot there is a protection of 84%, still below the other two.
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Simone
@Janet357 (75638)
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2 Mar 21
All the same I won't take it.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
At present, my family and I are having in doubt. It seems like we do not want it, especially my mom.
May2k8
@May2k8 (19788)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 21
All company has to pay for the vaccine here, unless others it's was free.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19788)
• Indonesia
3 Mar 21
@Shavkat Local people will not be charged anything for the vaccine. Foreigners can also get it for free.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@May2k8 Your people are lucky than here in my beloved country.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
How about for the local people? Are they going to pay these companies who ordered vaccines outside your country?
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
4 Mar 21
Vaccination is free. Some people don't want to take it though. They fear for side effects. Personally, I don't care for that. I am not a scientist trying to contradict what's in the vaccine. I believe they're making the right decision for it.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
4 Mar 21
@Shavkat then some would choose not to get it.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
That's a good thing to have it for free. For adults like me, we need to pay for the shots.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@prinzcy It will happen if the local adults cannot afford it.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Mar 21
The vaccines are free here.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
I guess you are lucky. Those who are not on the priority list need to pay it.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@CarolDM I agree. But we cannot do anything about it. In the first place, the local government claimed to have no funds.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
3 Mar 21
@Shavkat Not fair at all.
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@gamayngbaki (1601)
• Cebu, Philippines
7 Mar 21
Honestly I welcome any brand of vaccine our country or our city or province will be able to acquire. They are all effective in controlling or even killing the COVID19 virus. I am even looking forward to the vaccine Fr. Nicanor Austriaco OP Ph. D., S.T.D. is developing for our country.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
10 Mar 21
I hope it will be a successful one. I am rooting for that idea to be beneficial to us.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
10 Mar 21
@gamayngbaki It will happen and we will be proud of it.
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carmela arriaga alcoseba
@gamayngbaki (1601)
• Cebu, Philippines
10 Mar 21
@Shavkat It will be a vaccine made by a Filipino for the Filipinos. It will be a very proud moment for us if this vaccine will push through.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
2 Mar 21
Our city is also getting Astra-Zeneca, I think that is the brand most cities of the National Capital Region or what we call Metro Manila because cities here have the budget to buy.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
@Shavkat I'm not gonna get vaccinated, I don't want to mess with my body, at my age by God's grace I'm strong and have no medical issues whatsoever
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@louievill My mom is also thinking this way. What if I had these shots, then I would not be fully functional after.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
I am not decided yet but it is far better than Sinovac.
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