PH adds 3.6 million Moderna, AstraZeneca jabs to vaccine arsenal

MANILA - The Philippines on Friday morning accepted more than 3.6 million COVID-19 shots from Moderna and AstraZeneca bought by the government and the private sector.

Of the nearly 3 million Moderna jabs, 2,102,000 doses were bought by the government while 846,000 doses were bought by the private sector, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said. This brings the country's total vaccine deliveries to over 154.3 million, data collated by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group showed.He added that walk-ins would be allowed during the second round of the country's National COVID-19 Vaccination Days slated from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17.

"The threat of Omicron is real. Nakita n’yo naman ‘yung increase of omicron in the South African countries, almost every day nagdo-double ang numbers nila and they’ve reached 24 percent test positivity... Parang it’s milder, but still people get infected, highly transmissible," he added. "The best defense is still getting your vaccines, the first two doses, and if you’ve been vaccinated June or earlier get already your booster doses,” he said.

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