MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte gets to choose which COVID-19 vaccine brand to receive simply because of his position as chief executive and his age, Malacaang said Thursday.
“Well you know, I think the President is the President and because he is over 70 years old ‘no,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said when asked why Duterte may choose his preferred vaccine brand. Duterte is turning 77 years old this month.
Roque has said Duterte prefers to get the vaccine developed by China state-owned Sinopharm and is even willing to wait for its vaccine to get an emergency use authorization before receiving it.
But now that the Astr…
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