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Nearly 1.9 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs arrive in Philippines

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Handout photo from the National Task Force Against COVID-19. January 21, 2022.' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/21/astrazeneca.jpg' ><figcaption>Handout photo from the National Task Force Against COVID-19. January 21, 2022.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— The Philippines on Friday welcomed 1,877,600 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, as the country battles a fresh wave of new infections driven by the omicron variant. </p><p>The AstraZeneca shots, bought by the private sector, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 via China Airlines flight CI701 shortly before 10 a.m.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/14/22/ph-fully-vaccinates-54-million-individuals-vs-covid-19'>Task force: PH fully vaccinates 54 million individuals vs COVID-19, 70pct of target population</a></li></ul><p>This raises the country's total vaccine deliveries to 215.5 million, over 136 million doses of which have already been distributed nationwide, data gathered by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group showed. </p><p>Some 56.8 million individuals are already fully vaccinated in the country, while 59.6 million have received their partial dose against the respiratory disease. </p><p>Nearly 6 million people, on the other hand, received their booster shots. </p><p>The country this week launched COVID-19 booster vaccination in select drugstores in Metro Manila, a bid to ramp up efforts to reach herd immunity.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/20/22/ph-launches-covid-booster-jabs-in-ncr-drugstores'>Philippines begins COVID-19 booster vaccination in Metro Manila drugstores</a></li></ul><p>The government for now has allowed only booster shots to be administered in pharmacies to healthcare workers, their family members, essential workers, and the indigent population, health authorities said. </p><p>On Thursday, the health ministry confirmed over 31,000 new COVID-19 cases, pushing active infections to more than 275,000. </p><p>ABS-CBN researchers said the number of those still battling the disease is the 5th highest number of active cases since the start of the pandemic.</p><div><strong>WATCH</strong></div><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=1898952' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div><div class='infogram-embed' data-id='_/yFVE69R1WlSdqY3aCsBF' data-title='COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER PH' data-type='interactive'> </div><script type='text/javascript'>!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

The AstraZeneca shots, bought by the private sector, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 shortly before 10 a.m.

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Nearly 1.9 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 jabs arrive in Philippines

Job Manahan,

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Published January 21, 2022 02:29 PM PHT

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