A silhouette of the skyline is pictured at sunset in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Sunday (Nov 29) reported 2,076 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 429,864, - Reuters
MANILA, Nov 29 (AP): More than 30 companies in the Philippines signed an agreement to purchase at least 2.6 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca in the country's first such deal to secure coronavirus vaccines.
They plan to donate a large part of the doses to the government for its planned vaccination program and use the rest to inoculate their employees, business officials said.
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