Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid vaccines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccines as the nation ramps up inoculations to prevent the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccines as the nation ramps up inoculations to prevent the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
Article content During his Monday address, Duterte also halted plans to resume physical classes and retained mandatory wearing of face shields. He said he will not obey the courts on how to manage the pandemic, after lawyers in the central province of Cebu questioned the national task force’s testing and quarantine protocols. “The first wave has really depleted the resources of government,” Duterte said. “Another one would be disastrous for this country. That is why the stricter you are, the better.” Other takeaways Russia’s Gamaleya Insitute seeks to revise the emergency use auth...
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