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.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attended the handover ceremony of the vaccines at a Philippine Air Force base in the capital city of Manila.
The delivery of the vaccines allows the Philippines to start mass vaccinations soon, marking a new phase in the country's fight against the Covid-19 that infected 576,352 and killed 12,318.
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Friday a bill that speeds up the procurement and administration of COVID-19 vaccines in the South-East Asian country.
The new law or Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 also creates a national indemnity fund to compensate any person inoculated in case of death, permanent disability, or hospital confinement due to serious adverse events.
"We are confident that the signing of this landmark piece of legislation would expedite the procurement and administration of vaccines for the protection against Covid-19," presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. - Xinhua
The PLA previously delivered vaccines requested by the Pakistani, Cambodian and Mongolian armed forces earlier this month.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attended the handover ceremony of the vaccines at a Philippine Air Force base in the capital city of Manila.
The delivery of the vaccines allows the Philippines to start mass vaccinations soon, marking a new phase in the country's fight against the Covid-19 that infected 576,352 and killed 12,318.
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on Friday a bill that speeds up the procurement and administration of COVID-19 vaccines in the South-East Asian country.
The new law or Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 also creates a national indemnity fund to compensate any person inoculated in case of death, permanent disability, or hospital confinement due to serious adverse events.
"We are confident that the signing of this landmark piece of legislation would expedite the procurement and administration of vaccines for the protection against Covid-19," presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. - Xinhua
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