MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received its procurement of some 1.4 million additional Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses early Friday. The government purchased the 1,405,170 doses through a loan from the Asian Development Bank, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said. On Thursday, 2,730,780 Pfizer vaccine doses, also bought by the government, were delivered in the country. Of the around 192 million various COVID-19 vaccines that have arrived in the country since February, 104 million have already been injected. Around 46.3 million individuals in the country are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of December 22.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 24, 2021 16:38 UTC