Russia, China in lead as Philippines seeks deals for Covid-19 vaccines

As the Philippines battles a coronavirus pandemic that has cost it nearly 8,000 lives out of more than 400,000 cases reported, it is banking on several of the Covid-19 vaccines in late-stage trials by other countries for future respite.Earlier this week, the country’s newly appointed vaccine tsar, Carlito Galvez, said the government was in talks with 17 vaccine manufacturers from 10 different countries or regions, including China, the US and Russia, about providing a potential vaccine. No deals…

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