MANILA— An additional batch of more than 1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Friday night as the country started vaccinating minors.
Of the newly arrived COVID-19 jabs, 862,290 will remain in Metro Manila while 141,570 will be sent to Cebu and 64,350 will be delivered to Davao. The US-manufactured vaccines that have not yet been delivered will arrive on Saturday, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said.
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