Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (center, front row, in white), protected by security guards, goes to Ninoy Aquino International Airport to check out the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19) vaccine produced by China’s Kexing Corporation that has just arrived in Manila, Feb. 28, 2021.
Durant, commander of the Philippine Presidential Security Guard (PSG), recently disclosed to the media that a cumulative total of 126 people in the PSG have been infected with the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19), and 45 people have yet to recover. At the end of last year, it was rumored that some members of the PSG had been vaccinated with smuggled imported Chinese vaccines, and now it is officially confirmed that hundreds of PSG members have been infected with the disease, again raising doubts that the effectiveness of the Chinese vaccine is too low.
On Wednesday (7), PSG commander Jesus Durante confirmed in an interview with Philippine state-owned TV station PTV-4 that 126 PSG members have tested positive for CCP pneumonia, with 45 active cases remaining. Durante also made a point of stating that most of these infected PSG members, who are janitors at the presidential gates and various buildings, are not in direct contact with President Rodrigo Duterte. Afterwards, Duterte emphasized in a statement, “Please be assured that President (Duterte) is safe and healthy.”
According to public information, on December 28 last year, Philippine Secretary of Interior and Local Government Eduardo Ano revealed that some PSG members had been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm Group, a subsidiary of China Pharmaceutical Group. 19 vaccine. Since the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not approved the vaccine for emergency use at the time, there were questions about the legitimacy of the source of the vaccine.
Later, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that the Chinese vaccine administered by PSG was “smuggled” without government permission, but he had no prior knowledge of it.
The effectiveness of several vaccines developed and produced in China is significantly lower compared to those developed in Europe and the United States, and no detailed data from the Phase III clinical trials have been released to the public, leaving the outside world with serious doubts about the effectiveness and safety of the Chinese vaccines.
Duterte publicly stated last October that he would be happy to “roll up his sleeves” if Beijing authorities were willing to provide the Philippines with a vaccine against the Chinese Communist virus. However, in January this year, a spokesman for the Philippine presidency announced that Duterte would not be publicly vaccinated, citing his desire to have the vaccine administered on his buttocks. To date, Philippine authorities have not confirmed to the public whether Duterte has been vaccinated against the CCP virus.
Currently, the situation of the CCP virus epidemic in the Philippines is very serious. At the end of last week, the utilization rate of intensive care beds in Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines, exceeded 80%. To reduce the number of seriously ill patients, full community quarantine (GCQ) has been implemented in areas of the country where the outbreak is severe, such as Bulacan, Kemeti, Neko and Rizal, while the intensive community quarantine quarantine (ECQ) measure has been extended for another week.
The Philippine Department of Health released data on the outbreak on Wednesday, showing that 6,414 new cases were confirmed in the country, with a cumulative total of 819,164 cases, including 158,701 active cases.
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