Duterte has offered himself up as a guinea pig for the very first jab, expressing 'huge trust' in the vaccine, despite growing scepticism about its effectiveness. - AP
MANILA (AFP): The Philippines will begin large-scale human testing of Russia's coronavirus vaccine in October, but President Rodrigo Duterte will not receive the inoculation until regulators guarantee its safety, his spokesman said Thursday.
Duterte had offered himself up as a guinea pig for the very first jab, expressing "huge trust" in the vaccine, despite growing scepticism about its effectiveness.
