China's PLA provides Covid-19 vaccines to Philippine military

In this photo provided by the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of the Global Media Public Affairs, a Chinese military plane carrying the first batch of Sinovac vaccine from China arrives at the Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines on Sunday Feb. 28, 2021. - AP

MANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua): The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippine military at the latter's request and with the approval of the Central Military Commission, said China's Ministry of National Defense.

The PLA previously delivered vaccines requested by the Pakistani, Cambodian and Mongolian armed forces earlier this month.