MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received Germany’s donation of 2.8 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, according to the National Task Force Against COVID-19.
The 2,840,100 doses are part of Germany’s donation of 3,696,900 doses. The 856,800 doses arrived in the afternoon.
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The shots were delivered by Qatar Airways flight QR928, which landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Terminal 3 at around 10 p.m.
With this shipment, the Philippines got over 10 million COVID-19 vaccines this day, the highest single-day vaccine arrivals.
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This afternoon, some four million anti-COVID shots — donated by the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands — reached the country.
Meanwhile, about one million and 3.3 million COVID-19 vaccine jabs, procured by the government and the private sector respectively, likewise arrived in the evening.
As of Dec. 14, a total of 166,851,720 doses of various COVID-19 vaccines have been transported to the Philippines since deliveries started in February.
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