MANILA, Philippines — To avoid “vaccine apartheid, Malacaang on Thursday called for an international agreement that would recognize as “sufficient” for international travel all COVID-19 vaccine brands approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said countries should not discriminate against vaccine brands if they have already been included in the WHO’s emergency list.
“I think if the vaccine makes it to the WHO emergency [use] list, then we should not discriminate against or in favor of any of these vaccines in that list,” Roque said in an int…
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