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Philippines expects 5.6 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive by end-March

Published 01/31/2021, 05:32 PM
Updated 01/31/2021, 05:40 PM
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MANILA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - At least 5.6 million COVID-19
doses of two international COVID-19 vaccines are expected to
arrive in the Philippines in the first quarter of the year, the
chief of the country's coronavirus task force said on Sunday.
The initial volume is part of the 9.4 million doses of the
two vaccines - one developed by Pfizer Inc PFE.N and BioNTech
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expected to be shipped in the first half, said Carlito Galvez,
who also handles the government's vaccine procurement.
Galvez said he has received a letter from Aurelia Nguyen,
managing director of the World Health Organization-led COVAX
Facility, informing the Philippine government of the shipment
schedule and volume.
Review committees from the WHO, UNICEF and the Geneva-based
vaccine alliance GAVI granted the country the vaccines after the
Philippines demonstrated its preparedness to receive them, he
said.
The country's Food and Drug Administration has approved the
emergency use of both brands. The Philippines, with Southeast Asia's second-biggest
COVID-19 outbreak at more than half a million infections and
over 10,000 deaths, aims to start immunisations in February.
The country is to initially receive 117,000 doses of the
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine around midmonth, and 5.5 million to 9.3
million doses of the AstraZeneca brand, Galvez said.
The volumes though are "indicative since it all depends on
the global supply", he said.
The government aims to secure 148 million doses, aiming to
inoculate 70 million people this year, or two-thirds of the
country's population.
The Philippines has also secured 25 million doses of the
vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, with the first
50,000 expected to arrive in February.

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