Imee seeks probe on US campaign vs Sinovac

SEN. Imee Marcos wants the Senate to probe the reported secret campaign by the US Defense Department to discredit the Sinovac vaccine during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way of diminishing Chinese influence in the region.

The senator filed Resolution 1052 on June 18, directing the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which she heads, to conduct the inquiry.

Marcos said the reported anti-Sinovac vaccine and misinformation campaigns “gravely threaten national security issues and public health.”

Sen. Maria Josefa Imelda “Imee” Marcos. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

There is a need to verify if, indeed, the alleged campaigns were orchestrated by the US military, she said.