Xi tells Duterte the Philippines would be prioritized once COVID-19 vaccine is developed by China

Chinese leader Xi Jinping assures President Rodrigo Duterte that the Philippines would be prioritized once China develops a vaccine against the coronavirus disease.

Malacañang revealed in a statement on Friday that this was among the issues discussed by the two leaders during their"open and focused" telephone conversation Thursday night.

On the other hand, Duterte stressed the need to cooperate with research trials aimed at developing a vaccine. The Philippines is, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier said. The vaccine being developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sinopharm and the Wuhan Institute of Virology has entered the second phase of clinical trials, with 96 people being given the experimental vaccine, according to Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.

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