MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte may be vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine of Sinovac Biotech as his second dose after asking the Chinese Embassy to take back the 1,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated to the Philippines, a member of the Department of Science and Technology’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said Thursday.
According to Dr. Rontgene Solante, the two vaccines from China are very similar, making the Sinovac vaccine a possible substitute for the second dose of the Sinopharm shot.
He said that should the Sinopharm vaccine remain as the second dose for the President, the Chinese state-owned company will have to submit the necessary data to the VEP …
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