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Published February 19, 2021, 2:26 PM
Filipinos should accept whatever brand of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine that the government will provide in light of the supply shortage felt around the world, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday, Feb. 19.
Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 (NTF AGAINST COVID-19 / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
This, as Galvez recalled Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s controversial remark last month that the public can’t afford to be “choosy” when it comes to the vaccine.
“Tama si Secretary Roque na dapat kahit ano ang unang vaccine na darating sa atin, kunin na natin (Secretary Roque is right all along that whatever vaccine that comes first, we should grab it),” he said during the visit of the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (CODE) Team in the municipality of Pateros.