Philippines eyes millions of COVID-19 vaccines for Q2

Philippines' vaccine czar Carlito Galvez remains confident the government can meet its target of vaccinating 70% of the population by year-end.

The Philippines is facing a deadly spike in infections, with daily cases shattering records over a year into the outbreak.

Galvez announced that more than 2.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in March, including Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines.

For the first quarter, 1.105 million vaccine doses have been deployed, with 369,049 health workers already inoculated.

In April, 5.5 million vaccine doses are expected to arrive, while May is projected to see 8.974 million doses from various manufacturers including Sinovac, Gamaleya, AstraZeneca, COVAX, and Moderna.