609K Pfizer jabs arrive; complete gov't vaccine procurement
A total of 609,570 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines on Thursday night, completing all government procurement for 2021.
As of December 28, over 48 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and more than 1.6 million have received booster shots.
On Wednesday, nearly two million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in Manila as part of the private sector's procurement through a tripartite agreement with the national government and manufacturers.
The remaining one million AstraZeneca doses for the private sector are expected to arrive on Thursday, completing the 17 million dose order.
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