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Over 3.6 million Moderna, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jabs arrive in Philippines

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Arrival of 2,948,00 doses of Moderna and 698,600 doses of AstraZeneca at NAIA Terminal 1, December 10, 2021. Handout photo from National Task Force Against COVID-19. " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/patrolph/12/10/vaccines.jpg"/><figcaption>Arrival of 2,948,00 doses of Moderna and 698,600 doses of AstraZeneca at NAIA Terminal 1, December 10, 2021. Handout photo from National Task Force Against COVID-19. </figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Philippines on Friday morning accepted more than 3.6 million COVID-19 shots from Moderna and AstraZeneca bought by the government and the private sector.</p><p>The 2,948,000 doses of Moderna vaccine doses and the 698,600 AstraZeneca shots arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 around 9:35 a.m. via China Airlines flight CI701. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/10/21/omicron-vs-covid-19-vaccines-what-more-do-we-need-to-know">READ: Omicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we need to know?</a></li></ul><p>Of the nearly 3 million Moderna jabs, 2,102,000 doses were bought by the government while 846,000 doses were bought by the private sector, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said. </p><p>The AstraZeneca shots were also bought by the private sector, it added. </p><p>This brings the country&#x27;s total vaccine deliveries to over 154.3 million, data collated by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group showed.</p><p>National Task Force against COVID-19 Special Adviser Dr. Teodoro Herbosa urged eligible Filipinos for vaccination or booster shots to already get theirs amid the threat of the more transmissible omicron variant. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/09/21/1025-million-vaccinated-during-1st-nationwide-inoculation-drive">READ: 10.25 million people jabbed during initial run of National Vaccination Day</a></li></ul><p>He added that walk-ins would be allowed during the second round of the country&#x27;s National COVID-19 Vaccination Days slated from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17.</p><p>“Pwede lahat mag-walk-in. Ang instruction sa aming vaccine centers…i-register sila. ‘Pag dumating sila, may area for the walk-ins… Walang pauuwin during the national vaccination days na hindi nababakunahan,” Herbosa said. </p><p>(Everyone can walk-in. Our instructions in our vaccine centers were their registration. They have areas for walk-ins. Nobody will be sent home during our vaccination days.)</p><p>&quot;The threat of Omicron is real. Nakita n’yo naman ‘yung increase of omicron in the South African countries, almost every day nagdo-double ang numbers nila and they’ve reached 24 percent test positivity... Parang it’s milder, but still people get infected, highly transmissible,&quot; he added. </p><p>(Maybe you saw the rise of omicron cases in South African countries. Almost every day, their numbers doubled and they already reached the 24 percent positivity. It&#x27;s milder but people still get infected.)</p><p>Herbosa is also hoping that Filipinos can better celebrate the holidays this year, as the country&#x27;s vaccine drive helped in lowering the number of fresh COVID-19 cases. </p><p>&quot;The best defense is still getting your vaccines, the first two doses, and if you’ve been vaccinated June or earlier get already your booster doses,” he said.</p><p>&quot;You can see the effects of the good vaccination campaign in NCR, our (COVID) numbers have remained steady, very low, and I think we can celebrate Christmas.&quot;</p><p>The country now has partially vaccinated at least 54 million individuals against COVID-19, while 39.5 million are fully vaccinated as of Thursday. </p><p>The number of those fully vaccinated against the virus accounts for 51.28 percent of the target, ABS-CBN&#x27;s researchers said. </p><div><strong>— Reports from Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><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&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1843938" 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>

National Task Force against COVID-19 Special Adviser Dr. Teodoro Herbosa urged eligible Filipinos for vaccination or booster shots to already get theirs amid the threat of the more transmissible omicron variant. 