MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos have a choice between getting vaccinated against Covid-19 or not, President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday.
“For those who do not want to be vaccinated, okay lang sa akin. Wala akong problema. Ayaw ninyong magpabakuna? Okay, that’s your choice,” he said in a press conference after the turnover ceremony for the Sinovac vaccines that arrived from China at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
According to a recent survey done by OCTA Research, a group of top academicians studying the coronavirus pandemic, only 19% of adult Filipinos are willing to get immunized against Covid-19 while 46% are unwilling even if an effective vaccine is available.
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