The Philippines on Thursday received 499,200 reformulated Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine doses for children.
The doses, procured through the World Bank, arrived in two tranches.
The latest deliveries brought to 244,768,560 the total Covid-19 vaccines delivered to the country since February 2021.
According to data from the National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center, 67,792,216 Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of April 28.
More than 13 million individuals have received their booster shots.
The Philippines is preparing to roll out second booster shots for Filipinos.
The Philippine government is planning to vaccinate 100 percent of Filipinos by June, before President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends. John Ezekiel J. Hirro