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Phl ex-vaccine czar doubts alleged US-led 'anti-vax' campaign
The Philippine Star
|June 18, 2024
Allies of the Philippine government at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic supported any vaccine available at the time, according to presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr.
ABS-CBN quoted Galvez as saying that reports alleging a US-backed propaganda that tried to discredit China's Sinovac vaccine are not true.
"I believe it is not true," he reportedly asserted in a statement.
Galvez was the National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar during the peak of the pandemic.
A Reuters report, which saw print over the weekend, alleged that the US military allegedly launched a clandestine program to discredit China's Sinovac during the pandemic.
Galvez explained that countries supporting the Philippines during the pandemic said the best vaccine during the pandemic is the vaccine that is immediately available.
"I am not aware of anything like this since all countries, through their embassies, are trying to help us to acquire available vaccines in the market," he said.
This story is from the June 18, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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