Malacañang washed its hands clean off reports that some lawmakers have already received vaccines against the coronavirus, maintaining that it did not have anything to do with it.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that the government has not distributed any COVID-19 vaccines yet, and their prioritization for the elderly, frontliners, police and military force will be followed.
“Gagastusan po natin yung bakuna ng mga mahihirap, ng frontliners natin, ng ating kasundaluhan at ating kapulisan. Eto po yung bibilhin ng gobyerno mismo,” Roque said in his Monday press briefing.
[What we will pay for are the vaccines for the poor, our frontliners, the military and police. These are what the government will buy.]
Roque made the statement after he was asked for comment on reports that House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and Senator Panfilo Lacson already got vaccinated to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
“Kung meron pong ibang mga tao na nakapagpabakuna na, hindi po yan galing sa gobyerno,” he added.
[If there are other people who were already vaccinated, that did not come from the government.]
This revelation came from Senate President Vicente Sotto III over the weekend, claiming that Lacson and Romualdez have already received a COVID-19 vaccine similar to that of Pfizer’s.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health warned that there is no vaccine against the coronavirus has been approved in the country yet.
