President Duterte won't certify vaccine indemnification bill as urgent just yet
By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published February 12, 2021 12:58pm
President Rodrigo Duterte will not certify the proposed bills providing indemnification for those individuals who will experience serious side effects from getting a COVID-19 vaccine just yet, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Friday.
Roque made the statement in response to the disclosure of vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. that the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech under COVAX facility—a global initiative providing resources for COVID-19 response—was delayed since the Philippines is yet to have an indemnification law in place.