Japan donating 1M AstraZeneca doses to PH
The Philippines is set to receive one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Japan through a government-to-government donation.
Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko announced the shipment will arrive in Manila tentatively on July 8, formalized with the signing and exchange of notes between Embassy Chargé d'affaires ad interim Nakata Masahiro and Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Nathaniel Garcia Imperial on June 29.
This donation is outside of the COVAX arrangement and part of Japan’s assistance to ASEAN.
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