MANILA, Philippines — An efficacy rate of 50 percent for a vaccine against coronavirus is “a joke” and “totally unacceptable,” Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said Friday. Zubiri made the remark after the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that the 50 percent efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac Biotech is “acceptable” as it is within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum requirement. ADVERTISEMENT“That’s why the plan to get vaccines with only a 50% efficacy rate is totally unacceptable and a total waste of our funds and resources,” Zubiri said in a statement. “Thats means there’s a 50/50 chance of you getting Covid even after being vaccinated is a joke… Totally unacceptable period! READ: ‘What’s the game plan?’ Senate to look into gov’t COVID vaccination programJEFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 25, 2020 06:33 UTC