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Philippines welcomes over 1M doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children
Over one million doses of government-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night.
The fresh batch included 1,056,000 doses of reformulated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for the pediatric age group and 128,700 doses for adults.
As of March 7, the Philippines had fully vaccinated 63,793,957 individuals.
The government aims to fully vaccinate 77 million Filipinos by the end of March and 90 million by June 30.
Vaccination efforts are being expanded to include doctors' clinics and workplace health facilities through partnerships with the Philippine Medical Association and Philippine College of Occupational Medicine.
A fourth nationwide vaccination drive is scheduled from March 10 to 12, focusing on vaccinating the elderly and administering booster shots to individuals aged 18 and above.
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