Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds up a vial of vaccine upon arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Feb. 28, 2021, of a 600,000-dose donation of Huanuo biotechnology vaccine from the Chinese Communist Party.
The Philippine Presidential Security Team (PVSG) has recently had 126 PVSG members diagnosed with the CCP virus disease, 45 of whom have yet to recover. The president, Rodrigo Duterte, has been under scrutiny for his health condition.
Central News Agency (CNA) reported that Jesus Durante III, commander of the Philippine presidential security team, said in an interview with Philippine state-run People’s Television (PTV) on July 7, “Recently, we have 126 cases (of the Chinese Communist virus). But some recovered during quarantine, so our unrecovered cases are down to 45.”
As for Rodrigo Duterte’s health condition, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported that DURAND issued a statement saying, “Our infected Presidential Security Team personnel were not assigned to have direct or close contact with the President and were all asymptomatic. Therefore, please be assured that the president is safe and healthy.”
The Philippines today reported 6,414 new confirmed cases and 242 untreated cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 819,164, with 14,059 people having died of the disease.
Philippine Interior Secretary Eduardo Año revealed late last year that some of Duterte’s security personnel had been vaccinated with a vaccine developed by Sinopharm, a subsidiary of the China National Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the time, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not yet approved the emergency use of the vaccine.
It is not known whether the vaccine was administered to the infected security personnel.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds up a vial of vaccine upon the arrival of 600,000 doses of Hanoi Biotech vaccine donated by the Chinese Communist Party at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Feb. 28, 2021. Witnessed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Sunday’s delivery marked the first time the Philippines has received an official coronavirus vaccine, the last country in ASEAN to do so. Government officials in the country faced a backlash after admitting to receiving a smuggled dose of the vaccine back in October of last year.
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