At least 3.2 million shots of the Janssen vaccine that is set to arrive in the Philippines on July 19 will be allocated to the A2 and A3 priority groups, according to the Department of Health.
The Philippines is set to receive around 3.2 million doses of the single-shot Janssen Covid-19 vaccines, produced by pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J on July 19, the Department of Health said.
In a Laging Handa briefing Monday (July 12), DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the Janssen jabs, which was donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility, will be allocated for the A2 (senior citizens) and A3 (adults with comorbidities) priority groups.
“The directive from Secretary Galvez is to use the J&J largely on senior citizens since that will be very convenient for senior citizens and those residing in far-flung areas,” Cabotaje said.
Cabotaje said the J&J vaccine doses would be part of the 16 million vaccine shots that have arrived or are expected to arrive this July.
Last Thursday, 1,124,100 doses of AstraZeneca jabs donated by Japan arrived at the Villamor Airbase while on the following day, 2,028,000 more doses donated through the COVAX Facility were also delivered.
Last Friday, the Philippines also received 132,200 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, consisting of 82,200 doses of Component I and 50,000 doses of Component II. Meanwhile an additional 37,800 doses of the Russian-made vaccine-Component I arrived on Saturday night. (See also: From Russia with love; third tranche of Sputnik V vaccines finally arrive in Manila )
Also arriving this month are 938,340 doses of Pfizer jabs, the first shipment (562,770 doses) of which is scheduled on July 19 and the next batch (375,570 doses) on July 26.
(ONT/With report from PNA)
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