US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meets with students of Gregoria de Jesus Elementary School as part of Vice President Kamala Harris' jam-packed itinerary in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines – United States Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff announced on Monday, November 21, that the Biden administration will donate an additional $5 million to the Philippine government to speed up the Southeast Asian nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
“We need to keep fighting, we need to keep pushing forward in these updated vaccinations. We cannot let our guard down. Look at where we’ve come from, but remember where we were,” Emhoff said in a press conference following a program at the Gregoria de Jesus Elementary School and a meet-and-greet session with some of the pupils.
Also present during Monday morning’s program were acting Philippine health chief Maria Rosario Vergeire and Caloocan Mayor Along Malapitan, who participated in the ceremonial turnover of hygiene kit boxes donated by the US government. “Our experience in navigating the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that if the whole of society moves, we can achieve greater things,” Vergeire added., which sits at the edge of the West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea, where Beijing is claiming sovereignty over virtually all of the resources-rich waters.
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