Press Release: More than 2M doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX Facility arrive in PH
PASAY CITY 2021 --- The country received on Saturday, May 8, the single biggest delivery from the WHO-led COVAX Facility consisting of 2,030,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.
The vaccines were transported via a Singapore Airlines flight from The Netherlands and landed at the NAIA Terminal 3 at 12:49 PM.
The first delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility came in two batches, which arrived in the country on March 4 and March 7, respectively.
To date, the country has received a total of 7,571,000 of anti-COVID vaccines, which includes those procured by the government, as well as donations from the Chinese government and the COVAX Facility.
These include the 2,556,000 AstraZeneca doses, 5 million Sinovac doses, and 15,000 Gamaleya doses.
Witnessing the arrival of the vaccines were IATF Chair and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr., National Task Force Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon, Chief of Presidential Protocol and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs Robert Borje, US Embassy Economics Affairs Officer Clair Bea, WHO country representative Rabindra Abeyasinghe, UN Resident Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez, UNICEF country representative Oyunsaikan Dendevnorov, UNICEF County coordinator Malalay Ahamdzai,and AstraZeneca Philippines country president Lotis Ramin. ###
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