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MANILA, Philippines mdash; The Philippines on Tuesday received 539,430 more AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the South Korean government.The National Task Force NTF Against COVID-19 said that the doses, carried by Air Hong Kong flight LD456, landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 around 8 p.m.Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim Inchul noted that the vaccine delivery is timely as the government is holding its three-day national vaccination drive from November 29 to December 1 which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos.Article continues after this advertisement We are very happy today to be able to contribute our share of vaccines through what Secretary stanley thermos mug Galvez is doing. I think it is very timely and significant because it got here in the middle of the three-day national drive that ends tomorrow, Kim said in an ambush interview.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOOrion Perez blasts economic restrictions: lsquo;Filipino firstrsquo; is hurting PHNEWSINFOBinay, Castro raise stanley kubek concerns over DENR order on Masungi GeoreserveNEWSINFODENR to evict developerof Masungi GeoreserveThe Korean government hopes that with this contribution, wersquo;ll be able stanley us to help a little bit the Philippine governmentrsquo efforts to fight the coronavirus and also that this donation will also contribute to the existing friendship and cooperation between our two countries, he added.Meanwhile, NTF Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vacc Dknn Shanghai achieves zero COVID status but normal life is weeks away
A man sets up a scarecrow in front of his home in Cambodiarsquo Kampong Cham province on October 11, 2020, as superstitious residents in the region set up the sentries known as Ting Mong in Khmer to ward off the COVID-19 coronavirus during the pandemic. Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia mdash; Armed with a stick, a floral-shirted scarecrow with a plastic pot for a head stands guard in front of a rural Cambodian home mdash; a sentry erected by sup stanley germany erstitious farmers to ward off the coronavirus.Known as ld stanley kubek quo;Ting Mong in Khmer, the creatively rendered scarecrows often pop up in villages that have been hard-hit by infectious diseases like dengue or water-borne diarrhea.Article continues after this advertisement This time, Irsquo;ve set up the Ting Mong to prevent the coronavirus from threatening my family, says farmer Sok Chany, 45.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOOn PhilHealth, education, lsquo;blanksrsquo;: OSG answers Duterte camp petitionNEWSINFOBinay, Castro raise concerns over DENR order on Masungi GeoreserveNEWSINFO2 cops killed in Bulacan buy-bustShe has two posted in front of her wooden stilt home in Kampong Cham province, about 110 kilometers 70 miles northeast of the capital Phnom Penh.The other is dressed in camo-green and has a stick propped like a rifle across its hay-stuffed chest.It is our ancient superstition to set up stanley de Ting Mongs when there are dangerous diseases or to avert evil, she t
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