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MANILA (BLOOMBERG) - Snaking queues at Manila food banks have become a common sight as the economy continues struggling a year after the Philippines first coronavirus lockdown.
It s a sharp contrast to 2018, when hundreds lined up for the grand opening of Uniqlo s Global Flagship Store in Manila, its largest outlet in South-east Asia.
Over the last decade the Philippines had managed to throw off its mantle as the sick man of Asia, with its 109-million strong population driving a consumption-led economy.
An outsourcing boom and remittances from legions of citizens working abroad helped raise incomes and lifted at least 2 million Filipinos out of poverty.
March 02, 2021 THE vaccination in Davao City is set to begin on Friday, March 5, after the arrival of 12,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Sinovac Biotech Ltd on Tuesday morning, March 2.
The vaccines from Manila arrived at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, also known as Davao International Airport, on a Philippine Airlines flight around 6:40 a.m. of March 2.
The vaccines were immediately transported to the Department of Health Davao Center for Health Development (DOH-DCHD).
The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines in Davao City was just two days after 600,000 doses of Sinovac s CoronaVac vaccines were received by the Philippines on Sunday, February 28.
The vaccines arrived earlier than expected. Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday, March 1, that vaccines were expected to be transported to Davao City on March 5 and 6.
After getting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jab on Monday, March 1, National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon said he hopes it inspires the public to trust vaccines.