PH receives 1.4 million more ADB loan-procured COVID vaccine doses

FILE Arrival of government procured COVID-19 vaccines. Image from NTF Against COVID-19 / Facebook

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received its procurement of some 1.4 million additional Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses early Friday.

The government purchased the 1,405,170 doses through a loan from the Asian Development Bank, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said.

The aircraft that transported the anti-COVID shots landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.

On Thursday, 2,730,780 Pfizer vaccine doses, also bought by the government, were delivered in the country.

Of the around 192 million various COVID-19 vaccines that have arrived in the country since February, 104 million have already been injected.

Around 46.3 million individuals in the country are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of December 22.

The government is targeting to fully immunize 54 million people by year end to achieve population protection.

EDV