endIndex:
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 22) Senators are questioning the emergency use authorization granted to China s Sinovac vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration said it is not the most ideal to immunize healthcare workers and senior citizens with due to its lower efficacy rate.
“How can a vaccinator convince the person that he is about to inoculate if he/she himself/herself is being discouraged by the government to use the Sinovac vaccine?” Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Monday. “This raises more questions and issues than what the NTF (National Task Force) is already busy grappling with.”
While the FDA allowed Sinovac emergency use, the regulatory agency said the vaccine is not recommended for people constantly exposed to the virus. This came after the vaccine showed a relatively low 50.4% efficacy rate in late-stage trials in Brazil, which involved healthcare workers.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday night said both houses of Congress should certify as urgent measures that will pave the way for the procurement of the coronavirus vaccines at the national and local levels.
Published February 9, 2021, 4:52 PM
Several celebrities were infuriated with President Duterte recently declaring his intention to ignore any franchise application in behalf of ABS-CBN.
Actress-singer Agot Isidro and actor Enchong Dee both took to social media to criticize the president not long after he made the pronouncement.
Isidro maintained the declaration has since made everything clear.
It was Duterte and Duterte alone who was responsible for ABS-CBN’s shutdown.
She tweeted: “Si Duterte. Hindi ang kongreso, hindi ang NTC. Utos niya, simula’t sapul.”
Dee, meanwhile, expressed exasperation with the president still harping on the matter.
He tweeted, “Andyan ka pa rin?? Hoy Gising! Ang daming Pilipino naghihirap ngayon, yun muna unahin natin…”
Senate President Tito Sotto said Friday he is “not convinced” that the government needs charter change at the moment amid renewed talks on constitutional amendments.