Vice President Leni Robredo is conflicted about the non-disclosure of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine brands in vaccination sites, saying this move was ideal but doubted if it will work in the Philippines. VP Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) In an interview with "Viewpoint" over the Now...
Parañaque City has started implementing the “brand agnostic” policy in its COVID-19 vaccination sites. (Parañaque City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the brand of vaccines being given in specific vaccination sites in Parañaque is no longer disclosed to the public as per the...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has no problem with the non-announcement of COVID-19 vaccine brands to be used in inoculation centers in her city as she said "every vaccine is the same." (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press conference Thursday, Belmonte assured her constituents there is nothing to...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday joined other lawmakers in crticizing the Department of Health's (DOH) "brand agnostic" policy, saying the public should not be blamed over its decision not to inform patients of the brand of COVID-19 vaccines that would be used on them. In the first place, Binay said...