Philippines starts rollout of US-donated J&J COVID-19 vaccines
Philippine vaccinators began using US-donated Johnson & Johnson (J&J) single-dose COVID-19 vaccines on July 20.
Tacloban City was among the first local government units to administer the vaccine, inoculating over 2,000 people.
Metro Manila cities such as San Juan, Caloocan, and Manila were scheduled to follow suit on July 21.
San Juan planned to vaccinate around 600 senior citizens and those with comorbidities, while Caloocan aimed to inoculate another 7,500 senior citizens.
The local governments' share came from the shipment of 3.2 million J&J vaccine doses that arrived in the Philippines on July 16 and 17.
Eastern Visayas received 131,200 Janssen doses and 8,300 AstraZeneca doses to boost its vaccination drive against coronavirus.
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