896K AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan arrive in PhilippinesCrates containing doses of Japanese-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines are loaded onto trucks after their arrival at Terminal 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on October 28, 2021. MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received Thursday 896,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese government. Related Stories Philippines gets 976,950 new Pfizer dosesThe 896,000 doses that have been delivered make up the first batch of a total of 1.96 million vaccine doses that the Japanese government is donating to the Philippines. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez told reporters at a press conference that part of the freshly-delivered vaccines will be used as booster doses, while others will be used as second doses. All in all, 99.5 million doses of various coronavirus vaccines have arrived in the Philippines since the first shots arrived in February.

Source: Philippine Star October 28, 2021 20:25 UTC