MANILA, Philippines — For Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Sinovac vaccines for COVID-19 should only be used on government officials on a “substitution basis” if the intention is to raise public confidence.
In an interview, Duque was asked whether any government official has volunteered to be inoculated with the China-made Sinovac vaccines to raise public confidence.
Duque was not able to provide an immediate answer but said that should that be the case, it should only be done on a substitution basis. The health secretary, however, stressed that his remarks are not final as it is the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) that will still…
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