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More than 800,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were delivered to the country on Wednesday night, Aug. 11, which comprise the third tranche of jabs that were procured by the national government from the United States.
A total of 813,150 doses of Pfizer vaccine
In a press conference after the arrival, Galvez said most of the vaccines will be deployed to Metro Manila and other "highly-urbanized areas." "Most of these vaccines will be given to Region 4A and Region 3 and also partly in Region 1 and also areas of Visayas and Iloilo," said Galvez, partly in Filipino.
PH receives 3 million more donated Moderna vaccines from US
Updated Aug 3, 2021 8:12:00 PM
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 3) Some three million more doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday.
The shipment containing 3,000,060 doses landed at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City at around 5:30 p.m.
President Rodrigo Duterte, along with some members of the national pandemic response task force and the US embassy in Manila, personally welcomed the donations, which were coursed through the COVAX Facility co-led by the World Health Organization.
In his speech during the ceremonial turnover, Duterte said the vaccines will be allocated to indigent Filipinos.
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