2 million doses of  Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the country on August 12, 2021 at 7;20pm. Photo courtesy of NTC COVID-19

Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccines

Arra Perez

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171852949550220210812-covid-vaccine-sinovac-arrival-HO-993.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Two million doses of  Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the country on August 12, 2021 at 7:20pm. Photo courtesy of NTC COVID-19/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Two million doses of  Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the country on August 12, 2021 at 7:20pm. <em>Photo courtesy of NTC COVID-19/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- The <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/">Reuters investigative report</a> on an alleged &quot;secret campaign&quot; of the United States military &quot;to discredit China’s Sinovac&quot; vaccination which targeted the Philippines, among other countries, &quot;deserve[s] to be investigated.&quot;</p><p>This, according to a statement from the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday.</p><p>According to the report, &quot;The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.&quot;</p><p>&quot;At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus,&quot; it added.</p><p>When asked for a comment, the DOH said: &quot;the findings by Reuters deserve to be investigated and heard by the appropriate authorities of the involved countries.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Meanwhile, there are published, peer-reviewed studies like that of <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-15712-w">Tejero et al. in BMC Public Health</a> which found that &#x27;[v]accination decisions among Filipinos are determined by their age, educational attainment, health insurance, employer requirement, high awareness of the disease, and a high level of vaccine confidence,&#x27;&quot; the agency explained in a Viber message to reporters. </p><p>Sinovac was one of the COVID vaccines made available to the Philippines at the height of the pandemic, along with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, among others.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/13/21/sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine-cheaper-than-others-official">FROM 2021: Sinovac&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine cheaper than others -- official</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/13/21/vaccine-czar-dinepensahan-ang-sinovac-deal">FROM 2021: Vaccine czar dinepensahan ang Sinovac deal</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/11/21/philippines-receives-addl-500000-doses-of-sinovacs-covid-19-vaccine">FROM 2021: Philippines receives add’l 500,000 doses of Sinovac&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine</a></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qLKTGb1IGOA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/flzV_iwcscc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Reuters investigative report on an alleged "secret campaign" of the United States military "to discredit China’s Sinovac" vaccination which targeted the Philippines, among other countries, "deserve[s] to be investigated."</p>

The Reuters investigative report on an alleged "secret campaign" of the United States military "to discredit China’s Sinovac" vaccination which targeted the Philippines, among other countries, "deserve[s] to be investigated."

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Report on Pentagon 'secret anti-vax campaign' targeting PH 'deserves to be investigated': DOH

Report on Pentagon 'secret anti-vax campaign' targeting PH 'deserves to be investigated': DOH

Arra Perez,

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Published Jun 16, 2024 05:28 PM PHT

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