MANILA, Philippines — After Health Secretary Francisco Duque III reportedly dropped the ball on the Pfizer vaccine deal, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday questioned if China’s Sinovac Biotech vaccine is being favored.
“Could that be the reason why someone ‘dropped the ball’? Somebody wants the ‘pwede na’ (acceptable) vaccine? I’ll ask @teddyboylocsin n @iampinglacson,” said Sotto in a tweet.
https://twitter.com/sotto_tito/status/1342062408068550658
Sotto was reacting to former Senator JV Ejericto’s post, which raised concern over the government’s acceptance of Sinovac, which had 50 percent efficacy.
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