Manila Bulletin
US donates more than 3.4M doses of Pfizer vaccines to PH
The Philippines received a donation of 3,436,290 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the United States government via the COVAX facility.
This donation is part of the 1.2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses the US is making available for distribution through COVAX.
To date, the United States has shipped over 400 million doses to 112 countries worldwide.
As the largest donor to COVAX, the US has facilitated the delivery of more than 69 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines.
The US Embassy in the Philippines noted that this donation is especially relevant as the Philippine government holds its third national vaccination drive.
U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Heather Variava stated, "We are proud to provide these safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, especially as the Philippine government holds its third national vaccination drive this week."
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