MANILA, Philippines — An additional two million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Saturday afternoon.
The vaccines arrived shortly before 1 p.m.
The latest batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses were sent to the country by the COVAX Facility, a global initiative aimed at ensuring a fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
The latest delivery brings the country’s supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses agains to over 7.5 million.
As of May 4, over 2 million doses have already been administered to priority groups for vaccination, including 1.7 million doses given as first dose and 320,58…
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