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Duterte team gets unapproved vaccine from ‘friend and neighbor’ China

By Joel Gehrke
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Duterte team gets unapproved vaccine from ‘friend and neighbor’ China

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s security team received an unapproved coronavirus vaccine produced by China, sparking a controversy over “VIP vaccines” taking precedence over health workers.

“I know some from the Cabinet and the Presidential Security Guards,” Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano told local radio, per the Philippine Star. “Until those people confirm it for themselves, I cannot say their names.”

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