PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will still take a second dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine developed by Chinese state firm Sinopharm, even after he ordered the return of the doses that China donated, Malacañang said on Thursday.

In his virtual press briefing, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the Sinopharm vaccines would be sent back to China but Duterte’s second dose would be secured.

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