Consumer group says racism 'causing distrust' in COVID vaccine rollout

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“Xenophobia and racism, not lack of Science, are causing distrust to the vaccine rollout,” Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones told the Manila Bulletin Sunday, March 7.
“Unfortunately, even some medical frontliners appear to have similar mindset,” noted the former Congress.
A China-made vaccine, CoronaVac by pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd., was the first COVID-19 vaccine to reach the Philippines for purposes of mass inoculation. Some 600,000 vials of the jab were donated by the Chinese government to Filipinos late last month.
As per the government’s vaccination plan, medical or healthcare frontline workers are top priority for the vaccines.

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