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Japan to donate 1.96 million more AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the Philippines
Japan is set to donate an additional 1.96 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, with delivery expected in batches before the end of October.
This new donation brings Japan's total vaccine contribution to the Philippines to over 3.08 million doses.
The Philippines welcomed 207,090 doses of government-purchased Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
These Pfizer doses will be used to vaccinate children aged 12 to 17 years old, with a pilot run for those with comorbidities having already commenced.
The vaccine doses will be distributed in Cebu and Davao City.
On Saturday afternoon, the country also received 720,000 doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
The Philippines has received a total of over 92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since late February.
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The Philippines received 1,016,730 doses of government-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Friday night.
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The Philippines received its first donation of 844,800 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines from the German government through the COVAX Facility.
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The Philippines received an initial donation of 2,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from Brunei Darussalam on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
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The Philippines is on track to receive a cumulative total of 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of October.
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China will donate another million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines, bringing the total donation to three million doses.
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