MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte was “perplexed” over the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation not to use the Sinovac vaccine on health workers frequently exposed to coronavirus disease patients, Malacaang said Wednesday.
Duterte asked FDA director general Eric Domingo to explain such recommendations even after Sinovac secured an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the agency, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.
“The President expressed his… let’s just say the fact that he is perplexed with the special requirements of the EUA noting that the WHO itself has laid down the minimum threshold to be 50 percent,”…
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