Philippines receives Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccine donations

The Philippines received significant vaccine donations from various countries last week.

On Friday, 201,240 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in the country facilitated by the US government.

Additionally, 288,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the UK were welcomed on Friday as part of a larger donation of 5.6 million doses pledged to help combat the pandemic.

On Thursday, an additional 1,017,900 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses arrived, bringing the total number of doses received in the country to over 139 million.

Earlier on Wednesday, Australia donated 700,000 AstraZeneca vaccines as part of a larger donation of 3.6 million doses.

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