Australia and Philippines continue mateship and bayanihan

The Philippines has received 487,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines Astrazeneca

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Steven Robinson with DFA Secretary Teddy Locsin. Australia is supporting COVAX Facility ensuring vaccines for all Source: Australia in the Philippines Facebook page

highlights

• Vaccine roll-out for healthcare workers, soldiers and police continues
• $18M Aus financial assistance from Australia will be given to the Philippines to support disaster and climate resilience efforts
• Australia has also pledged continued support for peace building efforts in Sulu

The second shipment of COVID-19 vaccines was from the COVAX Facility. Australia is one of the countries supporting the vaccine sharing facility

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