U.S. ships 3.2M COVID-19 vaccines to Philippines
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, right, injects China’s Sinovac vaccine on Filipino doctor Eileen Aniceto during the first batch of vaccination at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon city, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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UPDATED 2:05 PM PT – Friday, July 16, 2021
The U.S. has begun to ship more than three million COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines. The State Department confirmed the first half of the Johnson and Johnson shipment arrived in the county on Friday.
This comes as much of Southeast Asia has experienced a spike in infections as the new COVID-19 variant spread throughout the region. So far, the Philippines has administered more than 13 million doses, which has accounted for about six percent of its population.