President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday met with more diplomats, including the Finnish Ambassador to the Philippines Juha Markus Pyykkö, Norway Chargé d’Affaires Bjorn Jahnsen, Ambassador of Hungary to the Philippines Dr. Titanilla Toth, and Ambassador of South Africa to the Philippines Bartinah Ntombizodwa Radebe-Netshitenzhe.
The national government is planning to conduct a national vaccination day against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “within this month.”
Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, talks to the media during the arrival of 2.7 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine a
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 1) After delivery delays, the first batch of Russia-made Sputnik V vaccines has arrived in the Philippines.
The initial shipment of 15,000 doses landed in Manila Saturday afternoon.
The cargo was welcomed by select task force officials including Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, as well as Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov.
LOOK: The initial shipment of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine landed in Manila this afternoon.
The cargo was welcomed by Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, as well as Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov.
CALOOCAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso has welcomed the initiative to revive the sister-city agreement between Manila and Moscow, the capital of Russia and its largest city.
Domagoso issued the remark during a meeting with Ambassador of Russian Federation to the Philippines Marat Pavlov. The latter paid a courtesy call on the Manila City Mayor on Thursday, February 11.
The Mayor said the agreement will able to help boost the tourism, culture, arts and investments in the nation’s capital.
“This is good for us, for the tourism, arts, culture, investment. I’ll be happy to sign and exchange things and we always welcome things that we can learn and duplicate as what we are trying to do nowadays,” Domagoso said.