Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 15) — The Philippines will receive 1.96 million additional doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines from Japan. The donated coronavirus shots are expected to arrive this month.
“The delivery of this second vaccine provision from Japan is expected to be dispatched to Manila in some batches within this month,” the Japanese Embassy said in a statement Friday.
Just this July, Japan fulfilled its promise to provide 1.12 million AztraZeneca doses to the Philippines.
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“Also outside of the COVAX facility, this latest provision makes Japan’s total bilateral contribution to the country’s vaccine stockpile reach more than three million doses, as of date,” the embassy said.
“Throughout the pandemic, Japan consistently finds ways to expand its contribution to the Philippines’ COVID-19 response measures in order to ease the plight of Filipino citizens and frontliners,” it added.
Data from the National Task Force against COVID-19 showed, as of Oct. 11, the total doses received by the Philippines already reached 87,690,960.
As of October 8, the country already administered more than 49 million doses. About 23 million Filipinos are now fully protected against COVID-19.
