AMID rising Covid-19 cases, the Philippines received on Thursday night the last shipment of vaccines for the year — 609,570 doses of Pfizer. The shipment completes the country's supply agreement for 40 million doses from the US drug maker. Dr. Teodoro Herbosa, special medical adviser of the National Task Force Against Covid-19, thanked the US government for its assistance. Aside from the 40 million Pfizer doses, Herbosa said the US also donated more than 26 million doses of Pfizer to the Philippines. As of Thursday, the country has more than 2.8 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, more than 2.7 million recoveries, and 51,373 deaths.

Source: Manila Times January 01, 2022 03:12 UTC