MANILA, Philippines — It would have been better if President Rodrigo Duterte had threatened China not to sell the Philippines “more expensive yet less than effective” COVID-19 vaccines than warn the United States of a defense pact termination over vaccines. ADVERTISEMENT“Perhaps our citizens would be better off if he instead threatened China not to sell us more expensive yet less than effective or inferior vaccines,” Pangilinan said on Twitter Sunday. Earlier, the Department of Health (DOH) assured that the 50 percent efficacy rate COVID-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac Biotech is within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum requirement. In a tweet on Sunday, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian joined in opposing the 50 percent efficacy rate of the China-made vaccine. The government is looking to secure up to 25 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2020 05:03 UTC