MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received Thursday 1,017,900 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which were procured by the government.
According to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, the plane carrying the jabs arrived at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport past 8 p.m.
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An additional 201,240 Pfizer doses will arrive Friday afternoon.
The vaccine were procured by the national government through the Asian Development Bank.
The country has received at least 139 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since February.
Latest data showed that over 34.55 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while more than 43.87 individuals have received partial protection.
The government is targeting to immunize 15 million Filipinos during the three-day national vaccination drive from November 29 to December 1. — Gaea Katreena Cabico