Manila Bulletin
LOOK: More Moderna vaccines flown in
Over 250,800 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Thursday, July 15, as its second shipment from the drug firm.
The shipment consisted of 194,400 doses procured by the government and 56,400 doses purchased by the private sector.
This delivery brings the total number of Moderna doses received by the Philippines to nearly half a million.
The newly arrived vaccines were donated through the COVAX facility and arrived via Singapore.
Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque led the officials who welcomed the vaccines' arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.
The Moderna vaccine is the fifth vaccine to be used in the country's mass vaccination program.
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