Poor Filipinos to get Pfizer Covid vaccine

DAVAO CITY – Poor Filipinos are now the government’s priority for the Pfizer vaccine rollout after President Duterte said the country’s indigent sector must be given greater importance in accordance with the COVAX Facility prioritization for vaccines.

Majority of the Filipinos prefer Pfizer vaccine over Chinese brands Sinovac and Sinopharm, and even the Russian’s Sputnik V.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said Duterte instructed to make the Pfizer vaccines available in inoculation sites where vaccine take-up is low, in line with the President’s directive to provide safe and effective vaccines for all Filipinos.

He said Duterte had seen news photos of the long queues for the Pfizer vaccine wherein social distancing was not observed. “Napansin ng Pangulo na naging pihikan ang ating mga kababayan pagdating sa vaccine brand. Kaya nanawagan po tayo na huwag tayong mamili ng brand ng bakuna,” Roque said, adding, that all available vaccines are safe and efficacious.

“Hindi lamang po iyan dumaan sa proseso sa Pilipinas, dumaan din yan sa proseso abroad dahil mayroon din pong WHO emergency use list na halos lahat naman po ng ginagamit natin ay dumaan din doon sa proseso ng WHO,” Roque said. (Malou Cablinda)

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