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MANILA, Philippines – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday raised concerns about the disclosure made by the Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander that unit staff injected the COVID-19 vaccine themselves.
“As CEO of the FDA, my first concern is the safety and efficacy of these vaccines. I’m starting to wonder where they come from, ”said FDA CEO Eric Domingo in an interview on the ANC’s“ Headstart ”.
“Someone definitely definitely did something wrong. With the FDA law, it says it is illegal to import, distribute, manufacture, use unregistered drugs, “he added later.
Commander of PSG Brig. General Jesús Durante previously revealed that the vaccine was administered among various members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s security without the help of a medical professional, adding that it was only based on a manual for the doses of the vaccine.
During also revealed that PSG men received the vaccine already in September, without Duterte’s permission.
Domingo, for his part, warned about the dangers of inoculating with the vaccine without the help of a medical professional.
“Everything could go wrong. Even the DOH (Department of Health) now, before they start to inoculate, trained medical staff natin, magwa: a round of ‘yan retraining for each particular vaccine.
(Medical staff are trained, but will have to go through a round of retraining for each vaccine.)
“Of course you can handle the vaccine, you handle it correctly, [but] it can cause an infection if it is not clean. If you don’t know where to inject it, it could hit a nerve, it could hit a blood vessel. You could hurt a person, ”he warned.
And will the FDA press charges against PSG? Domingo, however, did not give a categorical answer.
“Our enforcers are very good at conducting investigations and I am glad that even the Secretary [Menardo] Guevarra of the DOJ (Department of Justice) has said that they are going to send the NBI (National Investigation Office) to investigate ”.
“Now our law enforcement unit is going to work with the NBI and Customs so that we can find and track where the flaws were and where the violation is in our regulatory process,” Domingo added.
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