Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Australia arrive in PH
The shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by Australia through Unicef arrived at NAIA on Feb. 21, 2022. (Photo captured from a PTV video)
MANILA, Philippines — Almost 300,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by Australia arrived in the Philippines on Monday night.
The shipment arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 at around 9:05 p.m. aboard Air Hong Kong Flight LD456, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19.
Australia donated the doses through the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
According to the NTF, the Philipines has so far received a total of 224,823,360 doses of various COVID-19 vaccines, as of this writing.
The government aims to fully immunize 90 million individuals before the end of June.
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