Over 2.6 million donated AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in the country in separate shipments on Saturday.
Pandemic task force adviser Ted Herbosa — one of the officials who welcomed the fresh delivery — thanked the United Nations Children's Fund and the United States for the donation.
Earlier in the day, a total of 1,065,600 AstraZeneca doses — this time donated by Japan — also arrived in NAIA. Herbosa said the new vaccines are expected to be allocated to highly-populated regions, including Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Eastern Visayas, and Northern Mindanao.
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