MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Tuesday morning received 3.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States (US) and France. The US and French government gave 1,623,960 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and 1,697,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, respectively. The 3.3 million doses were transported via Emirates flight EK334 which landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 around 6 a.m. Tuesday. On Monday, the US government sent 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. The government has so far administered 100,907,667 vaccine doses and fully immunized 43.5 million individuals against COVID-19 as of December 19.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 21, 2021 02:35 UTC