First shipment of Moderna for 2022 arrives
The arrival of 150,540 doses of Moderna vaccines on Friday, the first shipment to arrive this year, completes the delivery of 13 million national government-procured COVID-19 jabs from the US-based manufacturer.
The delivery of the 7 million Moderna vaccine doses procured by the private sector through a tripartite agreement has also been completed.
The Philippines has, to date, received a total of 210,783,650 vaccine doses since February 2021.
Of the vaccines delivered to the country, 113,237,010 doses were procured by the national government, 62,852,330 doses were donated through the COVAX facility, 22,585,560 doses were procured by the private sector and local government units, and 11,108,750 doses were direct donations from partner countries.
Meanwhile, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines meant for the pediatric population aged 5 to 11 years old are scheduled to arrive in the country by mid-January.
As of January 7, a total of 111,908,830 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered nationwide. (PIA Tarlac)
