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Staff members unload vaccines donated by China at a Philippine Air Force base in Manila, the Philippines on Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo/Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines)
A batch of Sinovac vaccine CoronaVac donated by China arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, the first COVID-19 vaccine to reach the Southeast Asian country.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attended the handover ceremony of the vaccines at a Philippine Air Force base in the capital city of Manila.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian attend the arrival ceremony for the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo provided to China News Service)
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The Chinese military aircraft containing boxes of Sinovac vaccines, the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, arrives at Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo provided to China News Service)
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes the arrival of the shipment of the Sinovac vaccine CoronaVac at a Philippine Air Force base in Manila, the Philippines on Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo/Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines)
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Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian makes speeches at the handover ceremony of the vaccines at a Philippine Air Force base in Manila, the Philippines on Feb. 28, 2021. (Photo/Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines)