VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin)
Last Friday, Roque said that the vice president should clarify first her stand on the Chinese vaccine because she earlier backed the Health Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19’s (HPAC) push to review the vaccines when they first arrived in the country.
The Palace official said this as Senator Joel Villanueva made the suggestion for Robredo and President Duterte to make an infomercial to build public trust in the government’s vaccination program.
In her weekly radio show with broadcaster Ely Saludar, Robredo called Roque’s remark “fake news.”
“Binalikan ko, Ka Ely, iyong lahat ng statement kasi alam ko hindi ako kontra sa bakunang galing China. Hindi ko sinasabi na mas masama yung Sinovac or whatever (I looked back, Ka Ely, on all my statements because I know I was never against the vaccine from China. I am not saying that the Sinovac is bad or whatever),” Robredo stressed.
Robredo open to infomercial with Duterte to raise vaccine confidence
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 23) Vice President Leni Robredo expressed willingness to appear with President Rodrigo Duterte in an infomercial to encourage more Filipinos to have themselves vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Open na open ako kung kailangan ‘yan para makatulong sa vaccine trust,” Robredo said on Sunday during her weekly radio show. “Anytime, sabihin lang sakin kung anong gagawin ko, kailan, saan.”
[Translation: I’m very open to that if it’s needed to help build vaccine trust. Anytime, they just tell me what I need to do, when and where.]
DOH resumes use of AstraZeneca vaccines for all age groups
THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) has reallowed the use of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for all age groups.
In a statement on Friday, the DOH said based on the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the DOH All Experts Group on Vaccines (DOH-AEGV), it was concluded that there are currently “no known risk factors” for vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT) a very rare condition of blood clots associated with low platelet counts that occur four to 28 days after receiving a viral vector vaccine such as AstraZeneca.
It noted that the benefits of receiving the vaccine “still outweigh the risk”.
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FDA director-general Eric Domingo told lawmakers in the House of Representatives that the agency is already exploring the possibilities to expand the list of its drug products under emergency use (DEU) amid the pandemic.
“Actually pinalawak na nga namin to living guidelines para mas maraming grupo na [ang] gumagawa…para pwede po nilang maisama doon sa living guidelines at maaral para ma-increase natin sa DEU (we have expanded our living guideline to include more groups…so they could include it and study the living guidelines to increase DEU),” Domingo said during the virtual hearing the House committee on good government and public public accountability.
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