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Over 1 million more Pfizer jabs arrive as PH starts vaccinating minors

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ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA— An additional batch of more than 1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Friday night as the country started vaccinating minors.</p><p>Vials of the US-made vaccine arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City past 9 p.m.</p><p>Of the newly arrived COVID-19 jabs, 862,290 will remain in Metro Manila while 141,570 will be sent to Cebu and 64,350 will be delivered to Davao.</p><p>The recent shipment was part of the 2,290,860 Pfizer-BioNTech jabs purchased by government through the help of the Asian Development Bank.</p><p>The US-manufactured vaccines that have not yet been delivered will arrive on Saturday, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said.</p><p>The government earlier Friday began the pilot implementation of coronavirus vaccination of teens aged 15 to 17.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/15/21/12-kids-first-to-get-covid-jab-at-pgh'>12 kids with comorbidities first to get COVID jab in ceremonial vaccination</a></li></ul><p>The Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 was one of the first brands to be granted emergency use authorization for minors by the Food and Drug Administration.</p><p>The country earlier Friday received 844,800 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine donated by the German government.</p><div><strong>— Report from Joyce Balancio, 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=1788880' 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>

The Pfizer vaccine was one of the first brands to be granted emergency use authorization for minors by the Food and Drug Administration.