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The Philippines is set to receive a total of 22 to 23 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines within the year.
An initial delivery of 487,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in the country on Thursday night, March 4, via a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines commercial plane as part of the COVAX Facility.
WHO has dispelled recent assertions that AstraZeneca would be hardly effective against the South Africa variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that the Philippines must use up all 487,200 doses of the first AstraZeneca batch to receive further shipments from the COVAX Facility.
Galvez also mentioned that the country is scheduled to receive 4.5 million more AstraZeneca doses by the end of May.
China has offered to donate an additional 400,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to the Philippines, President Duterte announced.
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The Philippines is expecting doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility.
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Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced that 1 million procured doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the country on March 21.
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The Philippines is expecting 4.5 million more doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by the end of May through the COVAX Facility.
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