Philippines Says China To Donate Half A Million Covid-19 Vaccines


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Philippines Says China To Donate Half A Million Covid-19 Vaccines By AFP News on January 17 2021 2:09 AM 0 0 Beijing's top diplomat pledged Saturday to donate half a million coronavirus vaccine shots to the Philippines, Manila officials said -- despite growing resistance there to Chinese-made jabs over concerns about their efficacy. President Rodrigo Duterte's administration is scrambling to lock in supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for the country's 110 million people, after being criticised for being too slow off the mark in the global race to procure the drugs. Among other deals, the Philippines has already agreed to buy...