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Published December 30, 2020, 9:16 AM
Opposition Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ N. Pangilinan on Wednesday said the whole brouhaha about the inoculation of Presidential Security Group (PSG) soldiers and other government officials with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine from China exposes the lack of a clear, fair, and sound game plan on the control and management of the disease.
Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Vacc-it nauna sila? Di ba meron ng guidelines ng mga mauuna sa mga bakuna kontra sa Covid na IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) din ang naglabas? Di ba dapat mauna ang health front-liners? Vacc-it sinusuway ang sariling patakaran? Pati ang patakaran ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) na kailangang suriin kung mabisa at ligtas nga ang mga ito ay sinusuway rin,” Pangilinan said, combining “vaccine” and “bakit”, the Filipino word for why. (Why were they vaccinated first? Aren’t there IATF guidelines on who are give
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Department of Health (DOH) (MANILA BULLETIN)
“Ang masasabi ko (All I can say is that), 2020 is the most difficult year in the history of the Department. The most difficult…Buong mundo (The whole world) has been brought down to its knees,” said DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III.
“Even the most powerful countries talagang pinaiyak ng (really shed tears because of) COVID-19. Lahat talaga umiyak dito. Sobrang takot, pag-aalangan, sobrang maraming mga unknowns (Everyone really cried. Too much fear, hesitation, too many unknowns),” he added.
Pandemic
The COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on Jan. 30 after it was also detected in other parts of the world. On March 11, the WHO characterized it as a pandemic.