MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed dismay over the slow pace of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the country, saying the program’s supposed insufficiency makes the public vulnerable against more transmissible variants.
“Yung bilis at gilas ng supply ng ating bakuna ang makakapagsabi kung kakayanin ba ng ating bansa na tapatan ang mga naglalabasang variants,” Hontiveros said in a statement.
(The speed of the supply of our vaccine will determine whether our country will be able to keep up with the emerging variants.)
“Paulit-ulit nating hinihikayat ang IATF Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious D…
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