About 250,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the country by June 27.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said, among the upcoming Moderna vaccines will be those purchased by the private sector.
In addition, an additional 1.5 million doses of Sinovac will also arrive on June 24, and this month also more than 150,000 doses of Sputnik V will arrive.
Before the end of the month, the country will also receive the US vaccine donation and pour in the supply in July, reaching 12M twelve.
In total, the country has already received 14,205,870 doses of vaccine purchased by the government and private sector along with donations.
This July, 11,670,000 vaccines are expected to arrive, including 4.5 million Sinovac, 1 million Moderna, 1 million Sputnik V, 1.17 million AstraZeneca purchased by the private sector, and 4 million AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the COVAX facility.
Meanwhile, the Philippines and Pfizer signed an agreement for the country’s purchase of 40 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
According to Galvez, this is the largest vaccine procurement in the country this year.
250K Moderna vaccines coming on June 27th
Galvez said the vaccines are expected to arrive starting in August and will be distributed to all regions.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) will also include in its national tally those who test positive for the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) COVID-19 saliva test.
PRC consultant Dr. Michael Tee said that the DOH informed them about this to more effectively see the country’s total number of virus cases.
According to the PRC, they have performed up to 365,000 saliva tests since it was approved by the DOH in January.
Tee also recommended the use of saliva collection in the provinces, especially in areas where there are few molecular laboratories.
As a result, testing will be increased in the provinces that are left behind in testing.
He called on local government leaders to only contact the PRC if they want to conduct saliva testing in their jurisdiction.
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