Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines
27 Oct 2020 / 08:56 H.
MANILA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption.
"Let me tell everybody that we will not beg, we will pay," Duterte said in a weekly televised address. "To the Chinese government, you need not look for partners, we can make it government-to-government."
The Philippines has the second-highest number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in Southeast Asia behind Indonesia. (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales Editing by Ed Davies)
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