415K doses of AstraZeneca donated by the UK arrive in PH | Inquirer News

415K doses of AstraZeneca donated by the UK arrive in PH

By: - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ
/ 05:11 PM August 02, 2021

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez and UK’s Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce welcome the arrival of the vaccines. Screenshot from PTV

MANILA, Philippines — Some 415,040 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United Kingdom government arrived Monday in the Philippines.

The latest vaccine shipment arrived past 4:30 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

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Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez and UK’s Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce welcomed the arrival of the vaccines.

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Since February, the Philippines has now received over 34.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the arrival of the donated jabs.

More than 9 million persons in the country have already been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

READ: Over 9 million fully vaccinated vs COVID-19 in PH

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