The Philippines on Thursday received 3,191,040 AstraZeneca vaccine doses.

The jabs were donated by the United Kingdom and coursed through the Covax facility.

The National Task Force Against Covid-19 said more AstraZeneca vaccine doses from the British government would arrive by the weekend.

To date, the Philippines has received 138,352,940 Covid-19 vaccine doses.

The country will have a three-day national vaccination drive from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.

The government aims to inoculate up to 15 million Filipinos during the three-day drive.

The Philippines has over 34 million fully vaccinated individuals. John Ezekiel J. Hirro