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PH accepts nearly 867,000 more Pfizer COVID vaccine shots

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 10:58 PM

This is only the first batch of the 1,733,940 Pfizer shots that were procured by the government with the help of the Asian Development Bank, according to the National Task Force Against COVID-19. Read more »

2 million more Pfizer COVID-19 jabs arrive in PH

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 07:28 AM

These were donated by the US and sent to the country through the COVAX Facility. Read more »

200,000 more Pfizer vaccines delivered to Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 12:10 AM

This was hours after the arrival of 720,000 vaccine shots, the largest shipment delivered to the country by Russian brand Gamaleya Institute. Read more »

FDA: PH may list teens for COVID-19 jabs by end 2021

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 09:29 AM

In an interview on Teleradyo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said teens with comorbidities could also be prioritized should their age group be included in the country's vaccination program soon. Read more »

PH receives over 813,000 more Pfizer vaccine doses vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 11:07 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Philippines on Wednesday accepted the delivery of 813,150 more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses procured by the government. Read more »

Dominican Republic president gets third COVID-19 shot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 03:59 PM

The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader received a third COVID vaccine dose on Wednesday and urged the population of the tourism-reliant Caribbean nation to follow his example. Read more »

Philippines to get 40 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by Q3 of 2021: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 03:37 PM

About 40 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate are expected to be delivered to the Philippines by the third quarter of 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday. Read more »

Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao to get Pfizer's COVID-19 shots: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 01:48 PM

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao alone as these areas have shown that they could handle the low temperature requirement to maintain the COVID-19 jabs' efficacy, a Health official said Monday. Read more »

2M AstraZeneca vaccines dumating na; 1st batch ng Pfizer posibleng dumating sa Lunes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 06:45 PM

MAYNILA - Dumating na sa Pilipinas ngayong Sabado ang dagdag na 2 milyong doses ng AstraZeneca vaccine na donasyon mula sa COVAX facility ng World Health Organization (WHO).  Read more »

Pfizer to ship 13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week to US by mid-March: executive

Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 04:34 PM

Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March, more than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccines touch down in Australia, New Zealand, inoculations to start

Renju Jose and Melanie Burton, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 03:59 PM

Australia and New Zealand have received their first COVID-19 vaccine deliveries and will begin rolling out inoculations in the coming week, while populous cities of Melbourne and Auckland remained locked down following the emergence of new cases. Read more »

Biden says US has acquired 200 million more COVID vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:34 AM

US President Joe Biden said Thursday the government had signed deals to acquire 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses. Read more »

'Yayariin ko sila': Locsin fires back, seeks US help to get Pfizer vaccines for PH

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 03:24 PM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. vowed to get back at those who played with the lives of Filipinos after the foiled attempt to secure the first batch of vaccines developed by Pfizer. Read more »

Negotiations with Pfizer, 6 other pharma firms on COVID-19 vaccines ongoing: Galvez

Aleta Nieva Nishimori and Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 02:24 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government is still negotiating with Pfizer, and six other pharmaceutical companies, regarding possible procurement of vaccines against COVID-19.   Read more »

'Move on': PH envoy says no use pointing blame over foiled Pfizer vaccine deal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 11:16 PM

MANILA - A Philippine envoy on Friday said that it was unfortunate that the country missed an opportunity to procure the first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by January, but added there was no use pointing blame.   Read more »