Duterte: EU holding AstraZeneca vaccines hostage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte commented on the vaccine dispute between the European Union (EU) and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca during a meeting about his government's COVID-19 vaccine plans on February 1.
Duterte claimed that the EU was restricting the export of AstraZeneca vaccines, calling it 'hostage-taking'.
He noted that ASEAN countries lack the influence and financial power of the EU to secure vaccines, stating that ASEAN does not have a supply of vaccines like the EU.
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