PH to get up to 10M COVID-19 vaccines in Q1

The Philippines is set to receive up to 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the first quarter of 2021, with most being the AstraZeneca brand, according to British Ambassador Daniel Pruce.

These vaccines will come from the COVAX Facility, which identified the Philippines as an early recipient.

The initial delivery could be as early as February, pending Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. previously stated the country might receive 117,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 5.5 to 9.2 million doses of AstraZeneca in mid to late February.

The COVAX facility will provide vaccines for 20 percent of the country's population, with the government covering the cost for five percent of that population.