976,950 gov’t-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in PH
MANILA, Philippines — Almost one million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the government arrived in the country on Monday evening.
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 said that the 976,950 Pfizer doses were procured through the Asian Development Bank.
The delivery arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 around 9 p.m.
Earlier in the day, the Philippines received a donation from the United States government of 1,776,060 Pfizer shots.
Since vaccine deliveries started in February, the Philippines got a total of 187,165,885 COVID-19 vaccines as of December 20, of which, 107,259,520 were bought by the national government.
As of December 19, the country has administered 100,907,667 vaccine doses.
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