Manila Bulletin
Dizon: 85% of AstraZeneca doses set to expire in June already administered
The Philippine government is set to fully utilize its AstraZeneca vaccine doses before they expire on June 30.
Vince Dizon, the government's testing czar, stated that 85% of the 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses had already been administered as of June 1.
He expressed confidence that the remaining AstraZeneca doses expiring on June 30 would be administered by the following week.
Dizon highlighted this as evidence of the country's capacity for rapid and large-scale vaccination.
The national government is targeting to administer four to five million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots in June.
Additional 3.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be delivered in June, with shipments arriving on June 6, 7, and 11.
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