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US DONATION. Personnel from the Department of Health andBureau of Customs check the shipment containing 168,000 doses of Janssen Covid-19 vaccines at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Tuesday (Jan. 11, 2022). The first shipment this year of the single-dose vaccine was donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.) MANILA - The Philippines received another shipment of United States-donated Covid-19 vaccines with the arrival of 168,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) jabs on Tuesday. Overall, 12,905,660 doses of the single-dose jab manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals have been donated to the country 3,420,860 by the US government through the COVAX Facility and 9,484,800 from COVAX itself. Dr. Paz Corrales, National Task Force Against Covid-19 medical consultant, said the latest donation is another boost to help end the pandemic. "We thank the US government for donating the J&J vaccines throu ....