MANILA -- The Singapore Airlines flight carrying 469,200 doses of the American-made Moderna vaccine arrived at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday, August 15.
Of these doses, 319,200 doses were procured by the Philippine government, while 150,000 were purchased by the private sector led by International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI).
National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. expressed his gratitude to the US government and Moderna for the continuous shipment of the vaccines.
“I would like to thank the US government and Moderna for allowing us to have access to these very effective vaccines. We are very thankful that Moderna has given us regular deliveries,” Galvez said in an interview during the arrival of the vaccines.
Last August 8, the country received 326,400 doses of Moderna vaccines.
Galvez was joined by Claire Bea, unit chief, US Embassy’s Environment, Science, Technology, and Health; Dr. Maria Soledad Antonio, director, DOH-Bureau of International Health Cooperation; and Dr. Ariel Valencia, director, DOH.
A total of 4,296,060 Moderna vaccines have been delivered to the country, of which 3,000,060 doses were donated by the US government through COVAX facility and the rest are procured.
