Manila Bulletin
5-10 M doses of Pfizer vaccine for kids to arrive next week --Ambassador Romualdez
The Philippines is set to receive 5 to 10 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 by the third week of January.
Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez confirmed that Pfizer is working to expedite the delivery, with additional shipments anticipated in February.
This delivery is separate from the 2.7 million doses of Pfizer vaccines that arrived in the country on January 9.
The US has facilitated the delivery of over 65 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines, including nearly 25 million doses from the American people, as part of its commitment to the COVAX facility.
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