Japan donates AstraZeneca vaccines to PH

Japan to ship 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam on Wednesday

FILE PHOTO: A vial labeled with the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese government will donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines, according to Japan Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko.

“We’ll make sure to deliver them at the soonest possible time so no one gets left behind during this pandemic,” he said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.

—Tina G. Santos

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