Philippine soldiers among 1st to get inoculated with Chinese COVID-19 vaccines


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Philippine soldiers among 1st to get inoculated with Chinese COVID-19 vaccines 1 Special: Battle Against Novel Coronavirus The Philippine military will be among the first groups in the country to get inoculated with the newly arrived Sinovac vaccines donated by China. Lieutenant Gen. Jose Faustino, the commanding general of the Philippine Army (PA), received the first dose of the Sinovac vaccine CoronaVac during a ceremonial vaccination at army headquarters on Tuesday. Three other army generals also got the jab. The Philippines has logged 580,442 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, including 12,369 deaths. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte thanked China for...