Philippine News Agency
168K doses of J&J jabs pad US donations to 3.4M
The Philippines received an additional 168,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a donation from the United States through the COVAX Facility.
This shipment arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 via Emirates Flight EK 332.
The US has donated a total of 3,420,860 doses of the single-dose jab to the Philippines through the COVAX Facility.
Overall, 12,905,660 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been donated to the country, including those from COVAX itself.
The National Task Force Against Covid-19 medical consultant, Dr. Paz Corrales, stated that the donation is a significant help, especially with increasing COVID-19 cases possibly due to the Omicron variant.
She urged the public to get vaccinated and to continue complying with health protocols such as frequent hand washing, wearing masks, and social distancing.
🤖
This story was generated by AI to help you understand the key points. For more detailed coverage, please see the news articles from trusted media outlets below.
News Sources
See how different news organizations are covering this story. Below are the original articles from various Philippine news sources that contributed to this summary.
The Philippines has completed the procurement of 13 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine with the arrival of 150,540 doses.
Read more →
The Philippines is set to receive 5 to 10 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 by the third week of January.
Read more →
The Philippines has surpassed its initial target of 54 million fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19, with 55,195,486 Filipinos now fully vaccinated.
Read more →
The Philippines has secured approximately $800 million in loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the World Bank (WB) to fund the procurement of COVID-19 booster shots.
+2
Read more →
The Philippine government aims to administer 90 million full vaccine doses by the end of June and 71 million booster shots by the end of the third quarter of the year.
Read more →