Manila Bulletin
US completes 3.2M vaccine donations to PH
The Philippines received the second batch of 1.6 million doses of US-donated Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, July 17, 2021.
The vaccines arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 via Emirates Airlines.
This shipment completes the donation of 3.2 million single-shot J&J vaccines from the US through the COVAX facility.
The US is expected to donate a total of 16 million vaccine doses to the Philippines through COVAX.
As of Saturday, the country has logged a total of 1.5 million COVID-19 infections, with 1,428,504 recoveries and 26,598 deaths.
🤖
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.
Over 3.2 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in the Philippines this week, donated by the US government through the COVAX facility.
Read more →
As of July 22, the Philippines has secured 164 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 2021, with 29,985,130 doses already delivered.
Read more →
The Philippines received an additional one million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, July 14, 2021.
Read more →
The Philippines is open to receiving Chinese-made vaccines, Sinovac or Sinopharm, from the COVAX facility, according to vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.
Read more →
The Philippine government has received 1.5 million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.
Read more →