“Kung gusto ninyo, ako ang mauna for magkaroon kayo ng kumpiyansa, or I can be the last Filipino to get it. Unnahin kayo lahat, pahuli kami,” Duterte said in a public speech broadcast Tuesday.
Previously, Duterte had volunteered to get the first injection of a COVID-19 vaccine developed through Russia to show the public that it is for humans.
Duterte reiterated that poorer families obtaining financial assistance from the government will take precedence in the COVID-19 vaccine with the army and police.
“For mauna in all pati pulis kasi kung walang pulis and army soldiers, babagsak tayo. But mag-guwardiya sa atin?” he said.
(But among all, the army and the police will be the first because of them we will fall Who will stop us?)
The Chair also expressed confidence that a vaccine opposed to COVID-19 will soon be developed through Russia or China, which has already promised its readiness to the country.
“Kung can bayad or hindi, hindi masyado klaro mais kung possibly bayad dahil marami masyado, e di utangin natin, creditos na lang. Or grant a loan, but if not . . . I’m sure they’re willing to give us the privilege of borrowing from them, ” said Duterte.
Russia’s ambassador to the Philippines, Igor Khovaev, said earlier that Russia is in a position to provide the country with vaccines opposing COVID-19 and said its trials were “promising, effective and safe. “
China has promised to prioritize the Philippines once it has developed a coronavirus vaccine.
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