US gives additional $5-M COVID funds for vaccine rollout in PH

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<p>The United States government is giving an additional $5 million (approximately P286 million) in additional COVID-19 funding to accelerate COVID vaccine rollout in the Philippines. </p><p>US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, who is visiting the Philippines with his wife US Vice President Kamala Harris, made the announcement during a visit to Caloocan Monday. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We’re just starting our day here in the Philippines and there is no better way to kick it off than wishing <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> a happy birthday. Thank you for all that you do for our country, Mr. President. <a href="https://t.co/x8Gja1tSV7">pic.twitter.com/x8Gja1tSV7</a></p>— Douglas Emhoff (@SecondGentleman) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecondGentleman/status/1594517729268355072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The assistance, funded through the American Rescue Plan, will support vaccine distribution for children and adults in line with the Philippine government’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts to intensify and strengthen the country&#x27;s wall of immunity.</p><p>The US government has provided nearly $50 million in COVID response assistance to the Philippines and donated, in partnership with COVAX, more than 33 million COVID-19 doses since the beginning of the pandemic. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1659976" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The United States government is giving an additional $5 million (approximately P286 million) in additional COVID-19 funding to accelerate COVID vaccine rollout in the Philippines. 

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US gives additional $5-M COVID funds for vaccine rollout in PH

US gives additional $5-M COVID funds for vaccine rollout in PH

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Published Nov 21, 2022 11:22 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 21, 2022 11:45 AM PHT

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