MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Dutere “cannot wait” to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and is even willing to be inoculated with one granted an emergency use authorization (EUA), Malacaang said Monday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque answered in the affirmative when asked if the President is ready to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 serum under EUA.
“Yes, that is the impact of the executive order on EUA,” Roque said in an online briefing.
Last week, the President allowed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue EUA to COVID-19 drugs and vaccines in a bid to hasten the processing time for approval of a possible treatment for the potentially-deadly respiratory…
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