By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published December 28, 2020 2:50pm
Updated December 28, 2020 4:32pm Soldiers who are part of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) were the first ones who got vaccinated against COVID-19, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo said Monday. Per our inquiry, members of the Presidential Security Group were the first ones from the AFP who were vaccinated owing to the nature of their mission and function, Arevalo said in a press statement. As the unit primarily tasked to protect and secure the highest official of the land, the PSG will have to ensure that the President is safe from all threats including COVID-19, he added.
December 28, 2020 AFTER initially denying the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that military personnel have been inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday, December 28, 2020, said members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) have been vaccinated.
AFP spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo, however, said he was not privy to how the vaccines administered to the PSG were obtained. As of Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not issued any Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of any Covid-19 vaccine in the Philippines.
“Per our inquiry, members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) were the first ones from the AFP who were vaccinated owing to the nature of their mission and function,” Arevalo said in a social media post Monday.