(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Around 600,000 doses of vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech will be delivered to Manila with
President Duterte and some Cabinet members ready to welcome the cargo at the airport.
The arrival of the Sinovac vaccines, donated by the government of
China, comes as the pandemic has infected more than half a million people and severely weakened the local economy.
“Excited na kami dahil bukas darating na ang bakuna. Personal na sasalubungin ni Presidente (We are excited because the vaccines will arrive Sunday. The President will personally welcome the vaccine arrival),” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said over state television Saturday, Feb. 27.