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by SAMANTHA NICOLE IRENEO | News Correspondent
On Friday night, November 20, The Philippines received 609,570 additional COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech.
The plane carrying the COVID-19 vaccines said to have arrived at the Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport at past 8 in the evening.
The shipment was said to be part of the 1.2 million doses that the national government had purchased through the Asian Development Bank.
Earlier that day, 1.3 million Moderna vaccines, 2.8 million Sputnik V vaccines and 5,000 Sputnik Light shots had already arrived in the country.
National COVID-19 Task Force Advisor Ted Herbosa said the newly arrived doses will be used simultaneously for the vaccination program from November 29 to December 1.
According to the NTF, the government plans to vaccinate 54 million Filipinos with at least one shot by the end of November.
As of March this year, 32.99 million Filipinos had already completed their COVID-19 vaccination, while 40.92 million people had received partial protection.
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