COVAX completes delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines for PH
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 7) The second batch of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the country Sunday night, completing the 525,000 doses supplied by the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility.
This shipment is made up of 38,400 doses, the balance from the initial 487,200 doses that arrived on March 4.
Officials led by National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. and Testing Czar Vince Dizon were at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to welcome the commercial flight carrying the vaccines.
The COVAX facility is a global initiative that seeks to ensure nations equitable access to coronavirus vaccines. The particular batch was developed in South Korea and donated by European nations.
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