{"id":279898,"date":"2020-12-28T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T04:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=279898"},"modified":"2020-12-28T23:56:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T04:56:05","slug":"prrd-hasnt-received-any-covid-19-vaccine-shot-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/28\/prrd-hasnt-received-any-covid-19-vaccine-shot-psg\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD hasn\u2019t received any Covid-19 vaccine shot: PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Malaca\u00f1ang Palace on November 20, 2020. TOTO LOZANO\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has not yet received any vaccine shot against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Presidential Security Group (PSG) Chief Col. Jesus Durante said on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Durante said Duterte is still waiting for a \u201cperfect\u201d or \u201cappropriate\u201d vaccine before he subjects himself to inoculation.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier said he has no knowledge about whether the President has received any vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no information, personal information\u00a0kung nabakunahan na po ang Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(if the President has been vaccinated),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a meeting with selected Cabinet members and infectious disease experts in Malaca\u00f1ang last Saturday, Duterte asked Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo if it is possible to be inoculated with more than one brand of vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAko ang may problema ngayon<\/em>. For example\u00a0lang, puwede akong magpabakuna ulit pagdating ng<\/em>\u00a0Pfizer\u00a0mo<\/em>? (I\u2019m the one with a problem now. For example, can I get vaccinated again when Pfizer is available?),\u201d he asked Domingo.<\/p>\n

Since a Covid-19 vaccine was only recently developed, Domingo said it would be difficult to determine whether it is safe to receive various combinations of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi po bagong-bago pa ‘yung mga bakuna. Wala pa po tayong<\/em>\u00a0experience\u00a0‘no doon sa paggamit po ng isang bakuna at ang ibang bakuna pa<\/em>\u00a0(Because the vaccine is still new. We don\u2019t have any experience in the use of the vaccine and other vaccines). Although, I think our immunologists here would say na possible naman po ‘no (that it\u2019s possible),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Domingo said more than one vaccine might not be advisable especially since it is relatively new in comparison with vaccines for other diseases.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya lang masyado lang pong bago pa kasi tapos iba-iba po ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0platform,\u00a0iba-ibang teknolohiya na hindi pa po siguro tayo<\/em>\u00a0ready\u00a0na paghalu-haluin<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s very new with different platforms, different technologies that perhaps we are not ready yet to mix),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Last August, Duterte volunteered to be among the first to be inoculated with Sputnik V, the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell President [Vladimir] Putin that I have great trust in your studies combatting [Covid-19] and I believe that the vaccine that you have produced is really good for humanity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Currently, the government is negotiating with several pharmaceutical companies for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines including Pfizer Inc., Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax Inc, and Sinovac.<\/p>\n

The government is eyeing to roll out the Covid-19 vaccines as early as March 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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