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193k Pfizer vaccine doses expected to arrive on Monday – DOH
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 8) The Philippines is expecting the arrival of some 193,000 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility on Monday.
This was confirmed by Health Secretary Francisco Duque in a press briefing on Saturday.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said a total of 1.3 million doses of the vaccines developed by the American firm may arrive in the country this month. He previously said the initial shipment of 193,000 doses was scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday, May 11.
The country needs to inoculate at least 70 million Filipinos to achieve herd immunity. Latest government data showed over 2 million doses were already administered since the start of the coronavirus vaccine rollout in March.
By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News
Published May 8, 2021 4:07pm The Philippines is expecting around 193,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Saturday. Duque said the vaccines will be given to the NCR Plus – composed of the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal – as well as Cebu, Davao, and other major cities that can handle the temperature requirements of Pfizer. The largest real-world study of the Pfizer vaccine confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 percent protection against COVID-19. However, it also found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one of the two prescribed doses.
Published May 7, 2021, 1:15 PM
The government is confident that a coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm will soon secure approval for its emergency use in the country.
A health worker administers a vaccine shot on a person at a vaccination center in Makati City on May 6, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin)
According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, Sinopharm could send an agent to facilitate its application for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its vaccines in the country.
President Duterte earlier apologized for using an unregistered Sinopharm jab and asked China to take back 1,000 donated doses. Duterte however insisted that his vaccination recommended by his doctor was legal since the shot was under a compassionate use permit.
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Ang herd immunity maaabot natin kung sapat ang supply. Laging depende sa supply ‘yan (Herd immunity can be achieved if there is enough supply. It always depends on the supply),” Duque said in a DZBB interview Friday, May 7.
“Kung hindi natin makuha ‘yung mga bulto ng mga bakunang inaasahan, mahihirapan tayong makamit kaagad ang herd immunity (If we will not receive the bulk of vaccines expected, it will be difficult for us to achieve herd immunity immediately),” he added.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. believes that herd immunity can be achieved in Metro Manila and six neighboring provinces by November, by increasing the daily vaccination to 120,000 in the National Capital Region (NCR).