Philippines secures 40m Pfizer doses in biggest COVID-19 vaccine order yet


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A police officer receives his first dose of Sinovac Biotech's CoronaVac vaccine against the coronavirus at the Navotas Fish Port, in Philippines' Navotas City, on June 10. © Reuters June 21, 2021 04:52 JST | Philippines Copy Copied MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, in its biggest coronavirus vaccine deal to date. Deliveries of the vaccine will begin in late September, Carlito Galvez, head of the government's COVID-19 vaccine procurement, said on Sunday. It "will significantly boost our national immunization program and...