The Philippines took delivery on Monday of more than 5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer, Inc., according to the presidential palace. READ:
The United States donated 4 million doses under a global initiative for equal access while the government bought the remaining 1.17 million doses, newly appointed presidential spokesman Jose Ruperto Martín M. Andanar told a televised news briefing on Tuesday.
The government has partnered with the Philippine Medical Association and Philippine College of Occupational Medicine to expand COVID-19 vaccination to doctors’ clinics and workplace health facilities, Health Undersecretary Myrna C. Cabotaje told a separate televised news briefing. The country has received 232.67 million doses since vaccine deliveries started in February last year.