The United States has committed an additional $5 million or P287 million in COVID-19 funding for the Philippines. | DFernandezINQ
United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff leads the turnover of hygiene kits to the city government of Caloocan and its students on Monday, November 21, 2022. Courtesy of Caloocan PIO
MANILA, Philippines — The United States on Monday committed an additional $5 million or P287 million in COVID-19 funding for the Philippines. US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, who made the announcement as he visited Caloocan City, said that the funding would be coursed through the US Agency for International Development .“This assistance, funded through the American Rescue Plan, will support vaccine distribution for children and adults in line with the Philippine government’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts to intensify and strengthen the country’s wall of immunity,” the USAID said in a statement.
To date, the Philippines received almost $50 million or P2.86 billion in COVID response aid from the US.
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