MANILA, Philippines — Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed Thursday that Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin has asked for her own allocation of the COVID-19 vaccines for her province. But, he added, this is not “correct” since lawmakers are not in the “lineage” of jab distribution.
Galvez issued this disclosure as he clarified that there is no partiality in the distribution of vaccines. Garin, a former secretary of Health, earlier called out Galvez over supposed “palakasan” in the allocation of COVID-19 shots.
“Ang gusto kasi ni Secretary Garin, sa kanya namin ibigay ‘yung doses, which is hindi naman tama. Kasi humihingi siya ng allocation, maguguluhan po ‘yung ibang mga LGUs kasi…
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