Philippines receives 4M COVID-19 vaccines, more Pfizer on way

Nearly four million doses of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Friday, October 1.

The US Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Heather Variava and WHO representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe welcomed 883,350 donated Pfizer doses at NAIA Terminal 3.

Later that day, 2.5 million Sinovac doses arrived via Philippine Airlines Flight PR359.

US Chargé d'Affaires Variava announced an additional shipment of 5.5 million Pfizer doses scheduled to arrive in Manila, Cebu, and Davao over the next few days.

On Thursday, September 30, NTF chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that most vaccine shipments arriving in Q4 will be from Western brands like Moderna and Pfizer, with an estimated total of 50 to 60 million doses expected.