COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro health minister Amirel Usman sought to allay fears by Muslims about CoronaVac, the coronavirus vaccine made by Chinese firm Sinovac, saying the medical products had been certified as halal in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-dominated country.
“You have nothing to worry,” said Usman after 4,200 CoronaVac doses arrived on board a Philippine Airlines commercial flight and intended for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Usman said the vaccines would be injected into health workers on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19 throughout the region.
“Priority is given to our health workers directly taking care of COVID…
Keep on reading: BARMM Muslims told CoronaVac certified as halal in Indonesia