First Batch Of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Doses To Arrive In PH On Monday — DOH

The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the Philippines on Monday, according to DOH.

The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the Philippines on Monday.

The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses will arrive in the Philippines on Monday, according to DOH.
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On Saturday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the Philippines was expecting around 193,000 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday.

Duque said that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines will be given to the “NCR Plus” – composed of Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Rizal, and Laguna – as well as Davao, Cebu, and other major cities that can handle the temperature requirements of the said vaccine.

He didn’t clarify, though, whether those were Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses from the WHO-led COVAX Facility expected this month.

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According to Duque, the Philippines was also set to receive 1.1 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility, 500,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses, and 2 million Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses within this year.

The Philippines received 2 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility earlier in the day. Last Friday The Philippines also received an additional 1.5 million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the national government.

Meanwhile, Duque said that he had ordered the DOH to seek an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the China-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.

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