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810,810 doses of French-donated Pfizer vaccine arrive
The Philippines received over 1.8 million vaccine doses on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, including 1,358,600 doses of Moderna procured by the private sector and 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca donated by Argentina.
France donated 1,697,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on the same day.
Prior to these arrivals, the United States had donated 1.62 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
On Wednesday, December 22, 2021, the Philippines received an additional 810,810 doses of Pfizer vaccines donated by the French government through the COVAX facility.
These donations aim to bolster the Philippines' vaccination efforts, especially after Typhoon Odette disrupted inoculation drives.
As of Tuesday, December 21, 2021, the Philippines had administered 101,656,199 COVID-19 vaccine doses, with at least 44 million Filipinos fully vaccinated.
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The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccine drive has administered over 100 million doses as of mid-December 2021.
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