PH receives over 391,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses

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

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 391,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the Philippines on Wednesday.

The vaccines arrived via an Air Hong Kong flight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 at around 8:30 p.m., as shown on a livestream by state-run PTV.

The National Task Force against COVID-19 said the national government procured these vaccines.

The shipment brings the total COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to the country at over 70 million.

By October, the country’s vaccine supply is expected to reach a total of 100 million doses.

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This increase in expected volume of vaccines arriving in the country prompted the government to open COVID-19 vaccination to the general public, including minors next month.

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More than 20.3 million persons have so far completed their COVID-19 vaccinations in the country.

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