Philippines receives 1.28M more Moderna COVID-19 vax doses

A new batch of over 1.2 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Saturday morning.

A total of 1,279,000 doses arrived via a China Airlines flight at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA 1) past 10 a.m.

The arrival of the additional batch of vaccine supply was welcomed by the National Task Force against COVID-19 head of Strategic Communications on Current Operations Assistant Secretary Wilben Mayor, US Embassy Political Counselor Kenneth Gardner, Health Undersecretary Ma. Carolina Vidal-Taiño, and Zuellig Pharma Market Managing Director Jannette Jakosalem.

Mayor said the latest Moderna vaccine supply will be allocated for the inoculation of adolescents, minors, and senior citizens and will be distributed nationwide.

The 1.279 million Moderna vaccine doses are procured by the government, he added. —LBG, GMA News