PH's ex-vaccine czar doubts alleged US-led 'anti-vax' campaign vs China

Scheduled residents 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, along with six other Metro Manila cities have limited or temporarily suspended first-dose vaccinations due to low vaccine supply. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

Willard Cheng

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/171861434320520240617090640_20210707-covid-vaccine-malabon-2nd-dose-MD--16.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipinos receive thier second jab of Sinovac&#x27;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"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipinos receive thier second jab of Sinovac&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino Elementary School in Brgy. Longos, Malabon City on July 7, 2021. Malabon, <em id="isPasted">Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine official who led the government&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Monday expressed doubts on an investigative report alleging a US-backed propaganda to <span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b">discredit China and its Sinovac vaccine.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/16/report-on-pentagon-secret-anti-vax-campaign-targeting-ph-deserves-to-be-investigated-1716">• Report on Pentagon &#x27;secret anti-vax campaign&#x27; targeting PH &#x27;deserves to be investigated&#x27;: DOH</a></span></div><div><span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b;display:inline !important">“I believe it is not true,&quot; Galvez said in a statement.</span></div><div><span id="isPasted">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.&quot;</span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/28/21/philippines-receives-first-official-supply-of-covid-19-vaccines">• Philippines receives first official supply of COVID-19 vaccines</a></span></div><p>China&#x27;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.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/29/21/philippines-receives-purchased-1-million-sinovac-covid-19-shots">• Philippines receives purchased 1 million Sinovac COVID-19 shots</a></div><div><span id="isPasted">But according to Galvez, all of the Philippines&#x27; allies at that time appeared to be in support of any vaccine available at hand. </span></div><p>&quot;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,&quot; said Galvez.</p><p>When asked for a comment, the Department of Health said: &quot;the findings by Reuters deserve to be investigated and heard by the appropriate authorities of the involved countries.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</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/flzV_iwcscc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>According to Galvez, all of the Philippines' allies at that time appeared to be in support of any vaccine available at hand.</p>

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

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PH's ex-vaccine czar doubts alleged US-led 'anti-vax' campaign vs China

PH's ex-vaccine czar doubts alleged US-led 'anti-vax' campaign vs China

Willard Cheng,

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Published Jun 17, 2024 04:53 PM PHT

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