Philippine President Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and has offered to be a guinea pig when the vaccine arrives.
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to personally participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.
Russia has offered to supply or co-manufacture the vaccine in the Philippines, which said it was ready to work with Moscow on trials, supply and production."I will tell President Putin that I have huge trust in your studies in combating COVID and I believe that the vaccine that you have produced is really good for humanity," Duterte said late on Monday.
To allay public fears, Duterte offered to be a guinea pig and said:"I can be the first they can experiment on." He has restored a strict lockdown in and around the capital Manila as medical frontliners sought a"timeout" to control surging infections.
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