3.4 million Pfizer shots donated by US arrive in Philippines

U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Heather Variava joins National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. and other representatives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to welcome the December 20 arrival of the shipment of 1,776,060 Pfizer vaccine doses.

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MANILA, Philippines —The US, in partnership with the COVAX Facility, this week donated an additional 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. 

The vaccines are part of the 500 million Pfizer doses donated by the US to the world through COVAX, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. 

The first shipment of 1.78 million doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Monday and was received by vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., US Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Heather Variava, and other representatives. Another 1.62 million doses were delivered on December 21.  

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