MANILA, Philippines — Calling on vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to be “honest” with his work, Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin hit the supposed “palakasan”—or preference given to particular areas or individuals—in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
In a press briefing, Garin, who previously served as secretary of health, said there should be a systematic and scientific way of distributing the vaccines.
“Bakit hindi natin ibigay ‘yung bakuna because that is for prevention? At bakit kailangang kung sino ang tatawag, kung sino yung kaibigan or kung sino ‘yung nagagalit, dun ka,” Garin said Wednesday.
(Why don’t we give the vaccines for prevention? And why is …
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