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PH secures 210M vax shots with latest Moderna shipment
Germany donated 587,800 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines, with an additional 1,230,800 Moderna doses procured by the private sector also arriving.
The Philippines has now secured over 210 million vaccine doses since the pandemic started.
Over 60 million doses of vaccines were delivered to the Philippines in December 2021 alone.
These doses will be used for first and second doses, as well as for booster shots.
The government aims to vaccinate at least 77 million people before the 2022 election and plans to start inoculating five to 11-year-olds by mid-January.
More than 47 million Filipinos have received complete doses of vaccines against COVID-19, with at least 1.4 million Filipinos having received booster shots.
The country has reported a total of 2,838,792 COVID-19 infections, with 51,211 fatalities, and has detected four cases of the Omicron variant.
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