PH takes delivery of 1 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
MANILA, Philippines — Some one million more government-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Thursday night.
The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 said the Air Hong Kong flight LD456 that carried the 1,082,250 Pfizer vaccine doses, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 around 8 p.m.
On Wednesday, the Philippines received 1,078,740 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The NTF said more deliveries of Pfizer vaccine doses procured by the government, are scheduled next week.
As of November 30, a total of 142,692,770 COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in the country since February.
Article continues after this advertisementBased on data from the National Vaccination Operations Center on November 29, some 36 million individuals are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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