The Japanese government has announced that they will be donating AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots to the Philippines.
“Glad to be the bearer of good news today! Japan will donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines, and we’ll make sure to deliver them at the soonest possible time so no one gets left behind during this pandemic,” Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa said on Twitter.
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Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez also made the same announcement during the senate hearing on Tuesday on the government’s vaccination program.
“Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi just announced this morning the donation of Japan-made AstraZeneca vaccines to some countries, including the Philippines,” Dominguez said.
“We have not yet been officially informed of the number of doses that are going to be donated by Japan,” he added.
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Dominguez said that some rich countries have pledged to donate more to the COVAX facility led by the World Health Organization.
The government has so far vaccinated over 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of June 14.
“As of yesterday, June 14, we have already breached 7 million jabs administered,” Galvez said during the Senate hearing. (TDT)
