PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said that the Philippines would "stay neutral" on geopolitical issues, as he thanked China for its latest donation of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Duterte made the statement as he welcomed on Friday the arrival of 739,000 Sinopharm vaccines that were part of the 1 million doses of that brand that China had pledged to the Philippines.

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