Philippines receives over 2M Pfizer COVID-19 jabs for kids from Australia

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A vial of the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine Comirnaty in the pediatric dosage is seen at a children vaccination center in Dortmund, western Germany, on December 16, 2021, before the start of COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children under 12 years in Germany.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Australia that will be used to immunize children, the Department of Health said Friday.

 

In a release, the DOH said the agency has received 2.28 million doses of pediatric Pfizer jabs from the Australian government through the support of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.

 

An additional 720,000 doses are expected to arrive in the country within the same week.

 

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