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Duterte on Russian COVID-19 vaccine: “Ako yung unang ma-experimentuhan. Okay sa akin”

President Rodrigo Duterte said in a taped address that he volunteering himself to get injected with Russia’s vaccine against COVID-19 is proof that he is willing to risk his life for the sake of Filipinos as the country grapples against the pandemic, Malacañang said Tuesday.

Duterte, in a taped address Monday, accepted Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine offer and volunteered to receive the first injection to show its safety for humans.

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“Ako, pagdating ng bakuna, in public, para walang satsat diyan. In public, magpa-injection ako. Ako yung unang ma-experimentuhan. Okay sa akin,” Duterte said.

Russia called their COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik V.”

(Photo source: Instagram – @presidenteduterte / @leadervladimirputin)

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