President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the Philippine government in receiving the 487,200 doses of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines at the Villamor Air Base (VAB) in Pasay City on March 4, 2021.
The arrival of AstraZeneca vaccines marks the first round of allocated doses from the COVAX Facility and the second batch of vaccine shipment that already arrived in the Philippines.
President Duterte views the crates containing the vaccine doses and inspects the actual vaccine vials during the ceremonial turnover of the AstraZeneca vaccines to the government.
COVAX is the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator – a global collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatment and vaccines.
It is co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), alongside the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as key delivery partner. Its primary aim is to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as to guarantee fair and equitable access for every nation in the world.
Source: Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines)
