Delivery of 15 million gov’t-bought COVID jabs for 5, 11-year-olds completed | ABS-CBN

HEADLINES:
|

ADVERTISEMENT

HEADLINES:
|
dpo-dps-seal
Welcome, Kapamilya! We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. Continuing to use this site means you agree to our use of cookies. Tell me more!

Delivery of 15 million gov’t-bought COVID jabs for 5, 11-year-olds completed

Delivery of 15 million gov’t-bought COVID jabs for 5, 11-year-olds completed

Anjo Bagaoisan,

ABS-CBN News

Clipboard

MANILA – All 15 million doses of the reformulated Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11-year-old children that were bought by government via the World Bank arrived in the country on Wednesday, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF COVID-19) said.

A box containing the last batch of 2,400 jabs was flown in to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 via an Air Hong Kong flight on Wednesday night.

This completes the series of pediatric vaccine arrivals that began in February and was targeted to be finished by mid-year of 2022.

The World Bank provided funding for the procurement.

ADVERTISEMENT

In total, 245,233,560 doses of COVID-19 jabs from 8 vaccine manufacturers have already reached the Philippines as of Wednesday, the NTF said.

NTF chief implementer Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. said during the arrival of the first batch of reformulated vaccines the government targets to vaccinate 15 million children from the youngest age group.

The NTF counts 3,786,922 children having received at least one dose of the reformulated vaccine as of Wednesday.

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab for 5 to 11 year olds is so far the only vaccine to have received emergency use authorization in the Philippines.

As of Tuesday, 69,366,505 Filipinos have been fully vaccinated, the NTF said.

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

ABS-CBN is the leading media and entertainment company in the Philippines, offering quality content across TV, radio, digital, and film. Committed to public service and promoting Filipino values, ABS-CBN continues to inspire and connect audiences worldwide.

It looks like you’re using an ad blocker

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website.