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Press Release Filipinos deserve the best vaccine, Drilon adds
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon urged the government to prioritize the purchase and use of vaccines that have high levels of efficacy, lamenting that Filipinos are being short-changed when it comes to getting the most effective vaccines. Kapag buhay ng Pilipino ang nakasalalay, hindi pwede ang pwede na . We need to buy the most effective vaccines, Drilon said in a statement Tuesday. When it comes to the life of millions of Filipinos and the future of the country, there should be no price tag. We can buy the most expensive vaccines with high efficacy. We should not short-change our taxpayers. But we are a fool to buy more expensive vaccines with doubtful efficacy, Drilon said.
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Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement despite government data showing that only 1,855,472 individuals have been fully vaccinated as of June 13.
In his press briefing on Monday, June 14, Roque expressed confidence that the government will be able to achieve its goal of population protection before the year ends despite the slow progress in the vaccination program.
“Kaya po (We can achieve it). We do not dispute the percentage and we never claimed na malaki na yung percentage (that the percentage was high already),” he said.
“Yung actual numbers ngayon ay almost 7 million na (The actual number now is almost 7 million now) and that makes us the second-highest number of doses administered in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),” he added.
"A simple misstep." Malacañang assured the public that there was nothing wrong with President Duterte after he almost fell during the Independence Day rites in Malolos, Bulacan on Saturday.
President Duterte is assisted by AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez