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Manila receives 35,000 Pfizer doses, 118,000 Moderna jabs on first day of third ECQ

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots at the drive-thru vaccination site located at the Quirino Grand Stand in Manila on July 31, 2021." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/08/02/20210731-covid-vaccine-drive-thru-manila-gc-8825.jpg"/><figcaption>People receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots at the drive-thru vaccination site located at the Quirino Grand Stand in Manila on July 31, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso on Friday said the capital city has received a total of 156,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, but noted that the local government could not immediately use the jabs.</p><p>The national government delivered 35,000 Pfizer doses to the capital city, but has yet to sent the injections needed to administer the vaccine, Domagoso said in a Facebook live video.</p><p>&quot;Ang Pfizer ho kasi may sariling injection at diluent so hindi pa po natin magagamit yan,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Manila Mayor did not say when the injections and the diluents are expected to arrive.</p><p>The capital city also received 118,000 doses from Moderna, he said.</p><p>&quot;May tagubilin po. Ito daw ay donation under COVAX so hindi daw puwede ang A4,&quot; he said, referring to the essential workers&#x27; category.</p><p>(They issues a memo. These were donations from COVAX so we cannot administer it to A4.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/02/21/manila-24-hours-covid19-vaccination-call-volunteers">Manila eyes 24/7 vaccination, calls for volunteers</a></li></ul><p>Prior to the arrival of Pfizer and Moderna doses, Domagoso said that Manila has run out of COVID-19 vaccines, noting that the remaining jabs were reserved for second doses.</p><p>As of August 6, Manila has fully vaccinated 666,366 individuals, while 838,115 other have received their first dose from the capital city.</p><p>The national government earlier promised to deliver some 4 million vaccines to cities in Metro Manila for the capital region to attain herd immunity by the last quarter of the year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/21/4-million-covid19-vaccine-doses">PH to allocate 4 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to NCR — NTF</a></li></ul><div><strong> RELATED VIDEO</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&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1738115" 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> </div>

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso on Friday said the capital city received a total of 156,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, but noted that the local government could not immediately utilize the jabs.

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Manila receives 35,000 Pfizer doses, 118,000 Moderna jabs on first day of third ECQ

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Aug 06, 2021 08:49 PM PHT

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