Philippines to get 2.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week

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The Philippines will get 2.2 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech next week through vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday. The Pfizer doses will arrive &quot;in bulk&quot; on June 11, said Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19. The batch will be used to inoculate priority sectors including health workers, the elderly, and people with comorbities, he said in a public briefing.Authorities will take delivery of at least 3.4 million COVID-19 shots in June, Palace spokesman Harry Roque said on Monday. Pfizer, a US multinational firm, is the second most preferred COVID-19 vaccine brand by Filipinos, a recent <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/25/21/preferred-vaccine-brands-sinovac-pfizer-filipinos-philippines-sws-survey">survey</a> by the Social Weather Stations showed. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/23/21/philippines-covid-19-vaccine-tracker">Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker</a></li></ul>Long lines at an inoculation center that offered Pfizer shots earlier this month prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ban local governments from announcing the brand of vaccines available at a given facility.The Philippines earlier received about 193,000 Pfizer jabs.

The Philippines will get 2.2 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech next week from vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday.

The Philippines will get 2.2 million COVID-19 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech next week from vaccine-sharing COVAX Facility, an official leading the inoculation strategy said on Tuesday.

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Philippines to get 2.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week

Philippines to get 2.2 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week

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