The Philippines can expect up to 4.5 million more doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive from the global COVAX Facility before the end of May, according to World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Rabindra Abeyasinghe.
Assuming most vaccines available require 2 doses per person, this would entail securing about 4 million doses for the health workers.So far, the country has roughly over 1 million doses of vaccines developed by Sinovac and AstraZeneca which were donated by China and the WHO through COVAX, respectively.
"The Philippines, because of its assessment of increased transmission and increased deaths, was prioritized as one of the first countries to receive quite a large number of doses," Abeyasinghe said. Along with the DOH, the WHO said that despite the presence of new and more infectious variants of COVID-19, people can still avoid getting sick by properly wearing face masks and face shields, observing physical distancing, and avoiding risky activities where the virus may thrive.
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