Presidential Security Group chief Jesus Durante revealed that close-in security personnel of President Rodrigo Duterte have been vaccinated as early as September.
Durante said a handful of security personnel received the vaccine but refused to disclose the real number.
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“We are soldiers so we have to take risks just to accomplish our mission. The bottom line here is we have to accomplish our mission at all costs,” he told ABS-CBN News.
The PSG chief added that vaccinations began in September and the last batch was in October.
He added that the personnel vaccinated themselves within the compound.
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Durante added that they did not inform the President of their decision to self vaccinate.
“We didn’t ask permission. We just informed him about it after all the close-in personnel were vaccinated. He was surprised,” said Durante. (TDT)
