The Philippines on Wednesday night accepted over 1 million procured COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer.
Some 862,290 virus jabs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 past 8 p.m. via Air Hong Kong flight LD456. These were immediately brought to a cold-chain storage facility in Marikina City.
A total of 76,050 shots were delivered to Cebu past 6 p.m. via Air Hong Kong flight LD457, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said.
Authorities added that 77,220 vaccine doses will be brought to Davao City on Thursday morning via Philippine Airlines flight PR 1811.
These vaccines will be
used for the pilot vaccination of children ages 12 to 17 years old, he said.