Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 19 → COVID-19 vaccine rollout is nowhere from high gear COVID-19 vaccine rollout is nowhere from high gear By AMALYN ANACIO MANILA — It has been two months since the Philippine government began its vaccine rollout but the country is far from inoculating at least one percent of the population as public hesitancy on vaccine efficacy and safety remains. “Some still have apprehensions about Sinovac vaccine efficacy and want AstraZeneca instead,” said Mary Jane Mendajar-Tan, health coordinator of Caritas Novaliches. In a forum hosted by Citizens urgent response to end Covid-19 (CURE Covid), a coalition of public health advocates, public health experts said Filipinos are still hesitant about the vaccines because of the confusing information regarding their efficacy and fear of its adverse effects.