Philippines' Duterte defends purchase of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

📆 14/1/2021 9:27 pm
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defended his government's decision to purchase Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, saying they are as good as the shots developed by the Americans and the Europeans. 'The Chinese are not lacking in brains,' Duterte said in a late-night televised address on Wednesday. Duterte made the remarks as questions have been raised over the level of protection Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine can provide, after researchers in Brazil released late-stage clinical data showing efficacy that was lower than initially announced.

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