PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte thanked the international community for donating 487,200 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines to the Philippines, saying the assistance to poor nations is a "plus for humanity."
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte receives a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca from World Health Organization Representative in the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe during the ceremonial turnover of the first shipment of vaccine at the Bulwagang Kalayaan in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on March 4, 2021. ALFRED FRIAS/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO