Nothing happens if the public has access, receives the COVID vaccine – Year

MANILA, Philippines – The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, Eduardo Año, does not see any problem with people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine if they have access to it.

In an ANC “Matters of Fact” interview on Tuesday, Year’s opinion was sought on ordinary citizens or wealthy individuals receiving the COVID-19 vaccine despite the absence of an approval from the Food and Drug Administration of Philippines (FDA).

Well, if they can get it from their relatives. I don’t see anything that is against the law, ”Year said.

It was Year that revealed that some members of the Cabinet and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) have already received the COVID-19 vaccine.

But Año, in the same ANC interview, later clarified that only one member of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet was vaccinated.

The DILG said that the inoculation of the Cabinet member and PSG members was voluntary.

“It is voluntary on the part of these officers and this Cabinet official. Hindi naman yan what you call distribution or sale. Parang ano lang yan if you have a relative from abroad and he has access and sends you one and you use it voluntarily, ”he said.

(It is not what you call distribution or sale. It is as if you have a relative from abroad and he has access and sends you one and you use it voluntarily).

When asked if he thinks it is “illegal”, Year replied: “Well, we have to consult the legal but I don’t see… I also read the law and people are doing it”.

“What is prohibited is to sell and distribute without regulatory approval, but they are using it [for] professional use, someone who bought it in a country that has USA (emergency use authorization). So I don’t see anything illegal. “

The FDA previously clarified that it has not yet licensed any COVID-19 vaccines in the country and has warned the public about unaccredited vaccines that are advertised as safe and effective against the virus.

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