<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Implementer of the Philippines' Declared National Policy Against COVID-Carlito Galvez Jr is visiting India to finalize agreements with several vaccine manufacturers. Galvez made the announcement on Monday, saying that he will be on a trip to India from March 9 to 12 to sign supply agreements and negotiate earlier deliveries of vaccines. Vaccines developed by Novavax and AstraZeneca are being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer.<br />''<br />''While the Philippines officially began rolling out vaccines on Monday, it has yet to sign a supply agreement that would guarantee vaccine doses for Filipinos. Galvez said building a vaccine stockpile is also crucial if the Philippines were to relax quarantine restrictions and resume face-to-face classes in May or the 2nd quarter of 2021. The Philippines is among the last countries in Southeast Asia to start its COVID-19 vaccine rollout despite also being among the worst affected nations in the region.</span><br />