PH receives 1-M COVID-19 doses from Japan, COVAX

The Philippines on Saturday (Oct. 30) received a total of 1,065,600 doses of AstraZeneca which was donated by Japan.

The shipment arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.

Meanwhile, another shipment of 1,546,200 doses of AstraZeneca landed at NAIA Terminal 3 via flight EK332 on the same day.

This shipment came from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility.

-Report from Ryan Lesigues/PG-rir

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