MANILA, Philippines — A day after President Rodrigo Duterte received his COVID-19 vaccine from the China-based pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm, his chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo also got inoculated with the yet unregistered vaccine.
Panelo sent reporters a photo of himself getting a Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccination earlier in the day, but he didn’t mention where he had it.
“An hour ago. Sinopharm,” he said in a text message when asked when he received the shot and the brand of the vaccine.
Malacaang has defended Duterte’s vaccination with an unregistered COVID-19 vaccine by pointing out it was covered by the compassionate use permit previously granted to the Presidential…
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