MANILA, Philippines — It would be “nonsense” for the Philippine government to choose China’s Sinovac vaccine when it only has an efficacy rate of 50 percent, Agusan del Norte Rep. Lawrence Fortun said Saturday.
Fortun said the government “must not give in to any overture, pressure, or campaigning by the Chinese government, the Chinese embassy, or any of their proxies” and not settle for a vaccine that only has a 50 percent efficacy rate.
“It would be nonsense of Filipinos and of their government to choose the China vaccine at this point. Simply out of the question,” Fortun said in a statement.
“Our government should abandon any prior verbal agreement they may have had. They sh…
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