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Over 728,000 more Pfizer-BioNTech jabs arrive in Philippines

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<p>MANILA - The Philippines on Thursday received over 728,000 more doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the country continues to log tens of thousands of infections daily.</p><p>According to the National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF), 677,430 vials of the US-made jabs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City at 9:20 p.m. while 51,480 doses were delivered to Cebu City at 6:35 p.m.</p><p>The NTF said that of the 677,430 vials unloaded in NAIA, 92,430 will be sent to Davao City on Friday.</p><blockquote class='twitter-tweet'><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: 728,910 doses of government-procured Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country today.<br><br>51,480 doses have been unloaded in Cebu earlier, while 92,430 doses will be flown to Davao City tomorrow evening.<br><br>(Screenshot from PTV live feed)<a href='https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href='https://t.co/ZLYrrYhSBG'>pic.twitter.com/ZLYrrYhSBG</a></p>— Jervis Manahan (@JervisManahan) <a href='https://twitter.com/JervisManahan/status/1441033449930850304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>September 23, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async src='https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' type='text/javascript'></script></div><p>With the arrival of the new batch of COVID-19 jabs, the Philippines has received nearly 67 million vaccine doses so far. On Wednesday, more than 940,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech jabs were also delivered to the country.</p><p>NTF policy chief implementer and vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr. earlier said the government is expecting more than 34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers this month. Of this number, over 15,000,000 doses have been delivered so far.</p><p>The Philippines is battling a new wave of COVID-19 infections due to the community transmission of the more virulent Delta variant, but new cases have fallen to below the 20,000-mark in the past 5 days, data showed. </p><p>The country's total recorded COVID-19 infections have reached 2,434,753, of which 165,790 are active, the health department bared. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/21/ph-lists-17411-new-covid-19-cases'>PH adds 17,411 more COVID-19 cases; ICU occupancy rate reaches 79 pct</a></li></ul><p>The respiratory disease, believed to have first emerged in China in late 2019, has claimed 37,405 lives in the Philippines while 2,231,558 have recuperated from it.</p><p>A total of 19,376,832 people in the country have been fully immunized as of Sept. 22, Malacañang said earlier.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><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&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=1781015' 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>

With the arrival of the new batch of COVID-19 jabs, the Philippines has received nearly 67 million vaccine doses so far.