MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday said Tokyo would be donating a million doses of Astrazeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Manila. On Twitter, the Japanese envoy said the million AstraZeneca doses are seen to arrive tentatively by July 8. One million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Japan are expected to arrive in Manila tentatively on July 8. This July, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said 1.17 million AstraZeneca doses will also reach the country. Official government figures showed more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered as of June 27.

Source: Philippine Star June 29, 2021 09:22 UTC