Published January 22, 2021, 3:12 PM
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday said those who refuse to be vaccinated with Chinese- or Russian-made coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine will go back to the second starting line, or queue up again, and wait for any available vaccine of their own choosing.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III
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Duque issued the clarification during today’s third round of public hearing by the Senate Committee of the Whole (COW) on government’s preparation for a planned vaccine rollout in the first quarter of 2022.
Senator Maria Josefa Imelda R. Marcos, a former Ilocos Norte governor, had asked Duque on whether the people could select vaccines other than those made in China and Russia.