Philippines gets 2nd batch of US-donated J&J COVID-19 vaccines

A batch of 1.6 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) anti-COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States government have arrived in the Philippines.

According to Radyo dzBB's  Jhomer Apresto, the Emirates flight carrying the vaccines landed at around 4:06 p.m.

TINGNAN:As of 4:06pm, Dumating na sa bansa ang karagdagang 1.6M doses ng Janssen Vaccine. Donasyon ito sa Pilipinas ng Estados Unidos sa pamamagitan ng Covax Facility.

Matatandaan na kahapon ay mayroon din 1.6M doses ng J&J ang dumating kahapon. |@dzbb @gmanews pic.twitter.com/ORQ2PE2onq

— Jhomer Apresto (@jhomer_apresto) July 17, 2021

This is part of the 3.2 million doses of the single-shot J&J vaccine that were donated by the US through the COVAX facility.

On Friday, the Philippines received a total of 1,606,000 doses.

Meanwhile, the country has logged a total of 1.5 million infections, of which 1,428,504 have recovered and 26,598 have died. —LBG, GMA News