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Philippines to receive procured Moderna, Pfizer vaccines from September
The Philippines anticipates receiving three million doses of Sinovac vaccines this week, with the remainder of its Sinovac procurement and the bulk of Pfizer and Moderna orders expected to begin in September.
Around 360,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines and approximately 1.8 million doses of Moderna vaccines, purchased through a trilateral arrangement, are also expected.
As of August 20, over 29.13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in the country.
More than 13 million Filipinos were fully vaccinated, and 16.9 million had received their first dose.
The national government aims to administer 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this month.
A sub-technical working group has been approved to lead the issuance of vaccination certificates for fully vaccinated individuals.
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The Philippines has secured a total of 194.89 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, enough to inoculate approximately 100.5 million Filipinos.
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Over 365,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, procured by the government, arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, August 18.
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Over 12.87 million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of August 18, with 12,877,197 receiving their second vaccine dose.
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China donated 260,800 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on August 21, 2021.
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The Philippines received an additional 362,700 doses of government-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday night.
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