Philippine Army chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana confirmed on Monday confirmed that some members of the military already got vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
However, Sobejana did not disclose which kind of vaccine was used nor the numbers of military personnel who got vaccinated in a radio interview.
“I know of some po but I could just not disclose the unit. I know po, personally I know na mayroon nang nabakunahan sa hanay po ng Armed Forces,” Sobejana said.
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The Army chief said that doctors who gave the vaccine explained the risks of taking it.
“Mayroon naman po sigurong paliwanag ‘yung mga doktor na nagbigay ng bakuna sa kanila at hindi po sila nag-alinlangan,” he added.
The Army chief said he personally talked to those who got their vaccination and so far none of them have experienced adverse effects.
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Food and Drug Administration Chief Eric Domingo reiterated that there’s no approved vaccine yet in the Philippines.
“Vaccines are kept in strict conditions. They only work if they are followed through from the factory through cold chain. And this is only done by licensed distributors. If people are getting vaccines from unknown sources, and they inject it with an unlicensed facility, the probability of getting counterfeit or spoiled is very high. If something happens, there’s no way to trace where this came from. So there’s a lot of dangers,” Domingo told CNN Philippines in an interview. (TDT)
