Almost 200k Pfizer doses to arrive on Monday -Duque

The Philippines is expecting around 193,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Saturday.

Duque said the vaccines will be given to the NCR Plus – composed of the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal – as well as Cebu, Davao, and other major cities that can handle the temperature requirements of Pfizer.

The largest real-world study of the Pfizer vaccine confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 percent protection against COVID-19.

However, it also found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one of the two prescribed doses.

JUST IN: Health Sec. Duque says we are expecting 193,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine on Monday (May 10). These will be given to NCR plus, Cebu, Davao, and other major cities that can handle the temperature requirement of Pfizer. @gmanews

— Mav Gonzales (@mavgonzales) May 8, 2021

According to the Health Secretary, the Philippines is also set to receive 1.1 million doses of Pfizer from the COVAX Facility, 500,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine, and 2 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine within this year.

Earlier in the day, the Philippines received two million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility.

The Philippines has reported 1,087,885 confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which  1,003,160 have recovered and 18,099 have died. -MDM, GMA News