Nurses are among the millions of Filipinos who work overseas, providing in excess of $30 billion a year in remittances vital to the country's economy.
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the Philippines has yet to start its campaign to immunise 70 million adults, or two-thirds of its 108 million people. It expects to receive its first batch of vaccines this week, donated by China. The Philippines wants to secure 148 million doses of vaccines altogether.

sovereign assets, such as embassy buildings and military bases ... the company's negotiators demanded more than the usual indemnity against civil claims filed by citizens who suffer serious adverse events after being inoculated"