MANILA, Philippines — Over a million private sector workers will be inoculated against COVID-19 with AstraZeneca vaccines next month, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said Saturday. "The 1.17 million [AstraZeneca vaccines], will arrive in mid-July and mid-August," Concepcion told state-run PTV partially in Filipino. He added that 5.5 million of the total shots ordered from AstraZeneca are allocated for the private sector while 11 million will go to 39 local government units. "Most of the vaccines for A4 from the private sector are [the] AstraZeneca [shots that will arrive] starting July," Concepcion said. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said the country expects to receive some 10 million vaccines in June.

Source: Philippine Star June 05, 2021 09:45 UTC