The Philippines will start talks with Moderna Inc. on or before Dec. 30 to secure supply of the company’s coronavirus vaccine, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said Monday.

菲律宾外交部长罗辛(Teodoro Locsin)周一说，菲律宾将在12月30日或之前开始与Moderna Inc.谈判，以确保该公司的冠状病毒疫苗的供应。

“Moderna is interested in giving an allocation,” he said in a live-streamed interview with CNN Philippines, citing Philippine ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez.

他在接受CNN菲律宾频道的现场直播采访时说:“Moderna有兴趣分配一部分资金。”他援引菲律宾驻美国大使若泽·曼努埃尔·罗穆亚尔德斯(Jose Manuel Romualdez)的话说。

The Philippines is also assured of 30 million doses of Novavax Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which will be produced by Serum Institute of India, Locsin said. It would be available in July, “possibly with no cash advance,” he said, and the “term sheet might be signed before the year ends.”

洛辛说，菲律宾还获得了诺瓦瓦克斯公司(Novavax Inc.)的新冠肺炎疫苗候选疫苗3000万剂的保证，该疫苗将由印度血清研究所(Serum Institute of India)生产。它将在7月上市，“可能不会预付现金，”他说，“投资意向书可能在年底前签署。”

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Published on December 20, 2020, 10:15 PM EST

发表于2020年12月20日，美国东部时间晚上10:15