Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, 76, was vaccinated with China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Monday night.

In a Facebook live video posted by senator Bong Go, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administered the president's shot. 

"I feel good, and I have been expecting this shot, vaccination a long time ago," Duterte said before receiving the vaccine. He also encouraged Filipinos to get vaccinated.

"His first dose was covered by the compassionate use permit issued to the Presidential Security Group (PSG) hospital by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (of the Philippines)," presidential spokesperson Harry Roque later said in a brief statement.

The FDA issued a compassionate use permit in February to the PSG that allows them to buy and use the Sinopharm vaccine.

The Philippines' Department of Health reported 7,255 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,062,225. The country's official coronavirus death toll now stands at 17,525. 

(With input from Xinhua)