The Makabayan bloc said that the early vaccination of some security personnel and Cabinet officials violated the law. “The Duterte administration could really not do away with VIP treatment. The FDA already issued a statement that it had not allowed anyone [to use any COVID-19 vaccine]. The President, in a speech over the weekend, mentioned that a number of Filipinos had already received the COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm. However, the FDA said it had not authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2020 17:14 UTC