Philippines gets over 810K Pfizer doses, more vaccines arrive

The Philippines received over 810,810 doses of Pfizer vaccines donated by France on Wednesday.

French Embassy First Counsellor Frabrice Fize expressed solidarity with Filipinos affected by Typhoon Odette and welcomed the vaccine shipment.

On Tuesday, more than 1.8 million vaccine doses arrived in the Philippines, including 1,358,600 Moderna vaccines procured by the private sector and 500,000 AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Argentina.

The US also donated an additional 3.4 million Pfizer doses to the Philippines through COVAX on Monday and Tuesday.

US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Heather Variava and USAID First Secretary Allyson Gardner welcomed these shipments, with the latter noting that 22 million of the 53 million vaccine doses received were donated by the US.

The Philippines is set to receive an additional 10.2 million Pfizer doses from the US starting this month up to the first quarter of next year.