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AstraZeneca's 2.028 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX arrive in PH

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/07/09/20210519-covid19-vaccine-marikina-jc-78.jpg' ><figcaption>A box of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at the Marikina Sports Center on May 19, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippines on Friday afternoon took delivery of 2.028 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from AstraZeneca donated by the COVAX Facility. </p><p>The shipment arrived past 4 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 via Emirates flight EK332.</p><p>This latest donated batch raises the country's coronavirus vaccine stockpile to over 20.6 million. <br> </p><blockquote class='twitter-tweet'><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The plane carrying over 2 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to the Philippines through COVAX has landed at NAIA on Friday afternoon. <a href='https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19VaccinePH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>#COVID19VaccinePH</a> | via <a href='https://twitter.com/VivienneGulla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>@VivienneGulla</a> <a href='https://t.co/atkb5UTAca'>pic.twitter.com/atkb5UTAca</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href='https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1413411469249548288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>July 9, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async src='https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' type='text/javascript'></script></div><p>Vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. said some 1.5 million doses were allotted for second doses, while the other 500,000 remaining doses would be allocated to the country's priority areas. </p><p>The National Task Force Against COVID-19, in a statement, said this shipment raises the overall AstraZeneca COVID-19 doses delivered in the country to 5,708,100, majority or 4,584,000 of which came from COVAX. </p><p>On Thursday night, Philippine officials also welcomed over 1 million vaccine doses from the same brand donated by the Japanese government. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/08/21/philippines-japan-donated-covid-vaccine'>READ: 1 million Japan-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Philippines</a></li></ul><p>Later Friday, the government also expects some 132,200 government-procured doses from Russia's Gamaleya Institute. </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=1723929' 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>

<p>MANILA - The Philippines on Friday afternoon received the delivery of 2.028 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from AstraZeneca donated by the COVAX Facility. <br /> </p>

MANILA - The Philippines on Friday afternoon received the delivery of 2.028 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from AstraZeneca donated by the COVAX Facility.