PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte might get inoculated with Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s state-owned pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm once the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues the “compassionate” use license.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte is qualified to receive vaccine shots from Sinopharm under the compassionate use license since he is the Commander-in-Chief.
“It is still being studied by the Malacañang legal office. If you ask me as a lawyer, he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and he should be allowed to use the Sinopharm under the compassionate use license,” he said.
Duterte prefers to get inoculated with Sinopharm. However, the Chinese drug maker has yet to secure an emergency use authorization from FDA.
FDA has only issued a compassionate use license for the administration of 10,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to the members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG).
The PSG has yet to receive the vaccines from Sinopharm, Roque said. “Maski naman po meron ng compassionate use ang Sinopharm, I confirm po with the PSG na hindi pa nila natatanggap yung 10,000 na order nila ng Sinopharm,” he said.
Newspaper columnist Ramon Tulfo, who also serves as Duterte’s special envoy to China, revealed that Duterte was able to talk to the Sinopharm representative in the Philippines and even made a request for samples of vaccines shots for him and his family.
Roque, however, denied Tulfo’s claim that Duterte directly negotiated with Sinopharm. (Ruth Abbey Carlos)
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