NTF: Philippines bought more Western vax than Chinese jabs

A nurse fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine on Jan. 4, 2020 at the Antonin Balmes gerontology center in Montpellier in the south of France.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines purchased more Western-made vaccines against COVID-19 than those made in China, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 said yesterday.

Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, NTF medical adviser, pointed this out in refuting claims that the Philippines favored the China-made Sinovac brand.

“We bought more Moderna (of the United States) and AstraZeneca (of the United Kingdom) than Sinovac,” Herbosa said in an interview aired over dzBB, insisting that those who claim the country prioritized China-made vaccines received the wrong data.

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