Covid-19 vaccine roll-out divides Filipinos over brand preference, hesitancy

Caption A health worker inoculates a man with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine inside a movie theater-turned-temporary vaccination hub at a mall in Taguig, Philippines on May 19, 2021. - AP

MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): Covid-19 vaccines are driving a wedge among Filipinos, fuelling heated debates over the right to be "choosy" and widening the gap between those who eagerly want a jab and those who are still holding out.

Sites offering doses from US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer drew long queues early this week. Those with jabs from China's Sinovac, meanwhile, were seeing fewer takers.