Misinformation and fear dog Philippine plan for Covid-19 vaccine drive

The Philippines is due to start immunisations next month.- Reuters

MANILA (Reuters): Misinformation circulating in the Philippines, including one rumour that suggested the coronavirus vaccine will allow President Rodrigo Duterte to kill people at the push of a button, are putting people off the idea of immunisation even before the campaign begins.

Elsewhere in the country of 108 million, memories of a dengue vaccine that has been banned locally have raised fear about whether the Covid-19 will work.