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Enter 2020.12.29 11:19
2020.12.29 11:48 modified
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who lobbied to end a military agreement between the two countries if they do not provide the Corona 19 vaccine to the United States, has delivered a Chinese-made sinofam vaccine to his security team, the AFP news agency reported. on the 28th (local time). The president himself said: “We are waiting for a safe vaccine,” but said the Chinese vaccine was administered to the security team to give people “hope for vaccines.”
According to AFP, the first vaccinations in the Philippines were President Duterte’s bodyguards, who were recently vaccinated against the Chinese Sinofam vaccine. In a statement, the head of the security team, Jessus Durante, said: “We have given priority to the Corona 19 vaccine to the personnel who carry out the presidential security operation.” When asked if President Duterte was vaccinated, he said: “The president is waiting for a complete or adequate vaccine.” President Harry Locke also said: “Only a select few people have been vaccinated against China.”
President Duterte previously began vaccination in the second quarter of 2021 and promised free vaccines to the nation. The Philippines signed a contract to purchase 2.6 million doses of vaccine with AstraZeneca. It is also negotiating with Pfizer and Sinofarm to buy vaccines. After having difficulties with the vaccine supply, President Duterte pretended that if the Corona 19 vaccine was not delivered to the United States on the 26th, the two countries would end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which is the basis for joint military exercises.
“If I don’t agree with the VFA, they will have to leave,” he said. “If the United States doesn’t provide at least 20 million doses of vaccine, it is better to go.” “If you don’t provide the vaccine, you can’t stay here.” Foreign media analyzed that President Duterte, who had made friendly comments on Chinese and Russian vaccines, made a comment such as that the Corona 19 situation in the Philippines recently deteriorated.
In the Philippines, there are currently 470,000 confirmed cases of corona19. The infection is expected to increase rapidly after the Christmas holidays.
The problem is that concerns about the safety and efficacy of China’s Sinopam vaccine have not disappeared and the vaccination was carried out without approval from the Philippine drug regulatory authority. A spokesman for Locke did not elaborate on procedures for obtaining and vaccinating the sinopam vaccine, AFP said. Instead, he said, “to give Filipinos a message of hope,” he said. “This news says that the vaccine is already in the Philippines.” If we cannot get the western vaccine, our friend and neighbor China will be more than happy to provide it. “At the same time, he said that the ‘vaccination’ of vaccines without the approval of authorities is not illegal, and distribution and sale are illegal.
