MANILA -- The fourth shipment of government-procured Pfizer vaccines consisting of 365,040 doses arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Wednesday night, August 18.
Of these vaccine doses, 51,480 shots were delivered to Cebu City today via Flight LD457 at around 6:35pm, while another 51,480 doses will be shipped to Davao City via Flight PR 1811 on Thursday morning, August 19.
The remaining 262,080 doses will be immediately delivered to the PharmaServ Express’ cold-chain facility in Marikina City for temporary storage before being deployed to the National Capital Region, and other areas which have not yet received Pfizer vaccines.
“Karamihan dito ‘yung bibigyan natin are those areas na hindi pa nabibigyan ng Pfizer and trying to rollout to them,” National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. said during an interview at the airport.
“So that in the future, once the deliveries of Pfizer will pick up, they (LGUs) are well aware and they are already well-trained on how to handle the sensitivities of Pfizer,” Galvez added.
US Embassy Charge d'Affaires John C. Law joined Galvez in welcoming the arrival of the Pfizer vaccines.
