Over 1 million Moderna vax doses donated by Germany arrive in PH

An employee shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

MANILA, Philippines — Over one million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses that were donated by the German government arrived in the Philippines on Sunday afternoon.

The 1,062,100 Moderna vaccine doses were donated by Germany through the COVAX facility.

The Philippines has already administered over 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since March, with 43 million individuals now fully vaccinated as of December 16.

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