The Philippines is slated to receive an additional 10.2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 jab from the United States government starting this month up to the first quarter of next year.
During a vaccination event at a mall in Taytay, Rizal on Monday, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief, said the donations will be coursed through the World Health Organization-led COVAX Facility.
Galvez said the vaccines will be delivered in tranches starting this month and will be completed by the end of the first quarter next year.
The Philippines has received more than 63 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility and bilateral donations from other countries.
Last month, the government closed a deal with Pfizer-BioNTech to buy additional 20 million doses, to add to the previous 40 million doses procurement contract.
Overall, 184,412,480 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been delivered to the country so far.
Of the total deliveries, 106,104,670 doses were procured by the national government, 11,988,060 were purchased by the private sector, and the rest were donations.
“Bago po matapos ang buwan ay 200 million na po ang ating makukuha (We will have a total of 200 million doses before this month ends),” said Galvez.
To date, the Philippines has already administered 100,907,667 doses, with 43,534,136 Filipinos now fully protected against the dreaded disease and 1,113,377 with booster shots or additional doses.
Source: Philippines News Agency
