Manila Bulletin
PH makes biggest COVID-19 vaccine procurement with 40M doses of Pfizer
The Philippine government has secured a supply agreement for 40 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, the largest procurement for 2021.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III signed the deal on Saturday, June 19.
Deliveries of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are expected to begin in bulk after eight weeks, starting in August.
The procurement of these Pfizer doses will be financed through a multilateral arrangement with the Asian Development Bank.
A global facility for equal vaccine access has also committed to deliver about 44 million vaccine doses to the country this year.
With the latest supply commitments, the country has now secured 157 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from various manufacturers.
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