Palace: Duterte got Sinopharm for booster shot vs. COVID-19

Malacañang said Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte already got a booster shot against COVID-19.

"Sa declaration niya kagabi sa Talk to the People, it appears na nakapag-booster na si Pangulo at Sinopharm ang nagamit," acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said.

(He declared in Talk to the People last night, it appears he got his booster, and it is Sinopharm.)

"Doon iyon sa sinabi niya kagabi, sa Talk to the People," he added.

(That is where he said it, during Talk to the People.)

The President's Talk to the People Address aired Thursday night is a taped address.

The 76-year-old Duterte's primary two-dose COVID-19 vaccine is also Sinopharm, a Chinese brand. — Llanesca T. Panti/RSJ, GMA News