MANILA, Philippines — About 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from US pharmaceutical company Moderna are expected to arrive in the Philippines in June, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said Tuesday.
Romualdez said Moderna had confirmed to him that the firm would begin delivering the vaccines purchased by the country by June 15.
The delivery of vaccine doses will then be ramped up in the following months until Moderna completes the shipment of the 20 million doses secured by the government and private sector by the end of the year.
“They’re quite confident that they’ll be able to start rolling in the vaccines or the delivery of vaccines st…
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