Filipinos receive thier second jab of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino Elementary School in Brgy. Longos, Malabon City on July 7, 2021. Malabon, Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file

MANILA — The Philippine official who led the government's COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday expressed doubts on an investigative report alleging a US-backed propaganda to discredit China and its Sinovac vaccine.

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“I believe it is not true," Galvez said in a statement.

According to a Reuters report published over the weekend, [t]he 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."

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China's 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.

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But according to Galvez, all of the Philippines' allies at that time appeared to be in support of any vaccine available at hand. 

"I am not aware of anything like this since all countries through their embassies are trying to help us to acquire available vaccine in the market. As far as I can remember, most of our friends and allies even said that ‘the best vaccine is the vaccine in our shoulders.’ Meaning whatever vaccine we had and available, we have to take it immediately," said Galvez.

When asked for a comment, the Department of Health said: "the findings by Reuters deserve to be investigated and heard by the appropriate authorities of the involved countries."

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