Duterte: We are sorry that we committed the things that you are criticizing us for. We accept responsibility. Ako mismo nagpaturok, it’s the decision of my doctor. Anyway it’s my life.

Duterte on Sinopharm: Just before this meeting started I had a talk with the ambassador, ang mga experts nasabi di pa dumaan ng examination sa atin. Sabi ko you withdraw all Sinopharm vaccines, withdraw all of them. Bigay mo nalang sa amin yung Sinovac na ginagamit sa lahat.

Duterte: Kayong nakikinig sabi nila delikado raw (ang Sinopharm). There are plenty saying it is dangerous. E huwag na kayong gumamit. Doon na kayo sa Sinovac. But Sinopharm has been used in Brazil, in Indonesia.

Watch the live video of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Talk to the Nation:

Duterte: You are right, we are wrong. Ang Sinopharm by tomorrow, wala na ‘yan. 1,000 (Sinopharm) vaccines lang ‘yan. It would not make a dent sa supply.

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