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Philippines gets over 1 million doses of government-procured Pfizer vaccine
The Philippines received 1,016,730 doses of government-procured Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Friday night.
This shipment followed the arrival of 698,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday morning.
The AstraZeneca doses were procured by the private sector, while the Pfizer doses were government-acquired.
US Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Heather Variava previously announced that an additional two million doses of Pfizer vaccine would be donated by the US through the COVAX Facility by the following week.
Variava highlighted Pfizer's safety and effectiveness, noting its use in vaccinating over 10 million children in the US.
The recent Pfizer delivery allocated 101,790 doses to Cebu City, 813,150 doses to Manila, and 101,790 doses to Davao.
As of Friday, the Philippines had administered 53,838,248 vaccine doses against COVID-19.
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