MANILA, Philippines — Calling it a case of “self-contradiction,” some lawmakers are seeking clarification over Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation not to administer Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine to healthcare workers and senior citizens even if it also granted the jab an emergency use authorization (EUA).
House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano said FDA’s “contradicting statements” only cast doubts on the efficacy of the China-made vaccine as it also signifies that the EUA issued to Sinovac was “half-baked.”
Paduano likewise noted that “rather than shed light on the use of the vaccine, the FDA has further eroded public trust and confidence in inoculation.”
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