PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue emergency use authorization (EUA) to expected coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines that will be made available in the Philippines.

In Executive Order (EO) 121 he signed on December 1, Duterte authorized the FDA director-general to issue an EUA to drugs and vaccines that experts will deem as safe and effective against the coronavirus.

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