Pangilinan: Duterte should’ve warned China not to sell less effective COVID vaccines

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— Kiko Pangilinan (@kikopangilinan) December 27, 2020 Earlier, the Department of Health (DOH) assured that the 50 percent efficacy rate COVID-19 vaccine of China’s Sinovac Biotech is within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum requirement. But several lawmakers have thumbed down Sinovac’s 50 percent efficacy rate. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said an efficacy rate of 50 percent for a vaccine against coronavirus pandemic is “a joke” and is “totally unacceptable” while Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said that such a low efficacy rate will not build public trust in vaccines. In a tweet on Sunday, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian...