THE inoculation of Filipinos with China’s Sinopharm vaccine in the United Arab Emirates was like a “fiesta,” a member of the community said Tuesday.
Filipino migrant worker Agnes Marelid said she was vaccinated Monday along with her family and that they have yet to experience any side effects.
“Kahapon po ang feeling ko parang fiesta dun sa clinic kasi lahat masaya. ‘Yung mga nagpapabakuna at mga frontliners mismo. They’re so happy about it,” she told ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo.
Many Filipinos volunteered for the vaccine’s clinical trial in the UAE, Marelid said.
“And then nung in-offer na po sa public, talagang malakas ang confidence rate ng mga Pilipino para mag-try nito, lalo na po ang frontliners, sila po ang nauna,” she said.
“Sa ‘min naman dito sa mga mamamayan sa UAE, malaki din po ang tiwala namin sa government that they’re doing their best to make sure na ma-solve ang problema.”
Marelid said she did not wait for a vaccine with a higher efficacy rate as any inoculation with more than 70 percent efficacy rate works.
“Why do I have to wait for six months, eight months, why do I have to expose myself to risk kung meron naman dyan,” she said.
The overseas Filipino worker says she and her family are due for a second dose after 21 days, similar to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. (ABS-CBN News)
