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Philippines troops and ministers get COVID-19 vaccine before approval Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte reviews military cadets during a ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, metro Manila, in 2017. | REUTERS Reuters Dec 28, 2020 MANILA – Some Philippine soldiers and Cabinet ministers have already received COVID-19 vaccine injections, officials said on Monday, despite an absence of regulatory approval that the ...

[Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews] Some Philippine cabinet members and an undisclosed number of soldiers have received shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Monday, although the country’s Food and Drug Administration indicated it had not yet approved the use of any coronavirus immunization. During the weekend President Rodrigo Duterte said that “several soldiers” were given doses of a vaccine developed by Sinopharm, China’s state-owned drug firm – an assertion that his spokesman confirmed on Monday.    Members of the Presidential Security Group – a special military deta...