President Duterte asked Vice President Leni Robredo if there was a part in her oath of office about lying after he accused her of peddling half-truths to the public about the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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March 08, 2021
An army doctor prepares to inject the Sinovac vaccine from China during a vaccination at Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
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On March 1, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Philippines – for many, representing the long-awaited the light at the end of the tunnel. However, as vaccine confidence plummets in the country, the end of the pandemic remains elusive, with knock-on effects for the economy, which used to thrive on consumption and investment confidence.
The success of a vaccination campaign as a public health intervention hinges upon individual action to achieve collective or herd immunity. This might as well be called social solidarity, something the Philippines once held as a matter of pride. In fact, in 2015, the country showed some of the highest rates of vaccine confidence in the world, and while many countries struggled with anti-vaccination movements, the Fil
President Rodrigo Duterte tells Vice President Leni Robredo to just maybe shut up and refrain from making statements about the China-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.
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