A total of 375,570 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived Monday night at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), Davao International Airport (DIA) and at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).
The vaccines are from the Covax Facility that seeks to enable poor countries to have access to the Covid-19 jabs since some highly developed economies have cornered the supply for their own citizens.
Out of the 375,570 doses, 51,480 doses were delivered to Cebu City, while 51,480 doses were delivered to Davao.
The remaining 272,610 doses were delivered at the Naia at 9 p.m. Monday on board a Air Hong Kong DHL flight, and were immediately transported to a cold-storage facility in Marikina City.
The Customs One Stop Shop of the Naia inspected, processed and released the 272,610 doses of Pfizer to the Department of Health (DOH).
The first shipment of the American-made Pfizer vaccines composed of 562,770 doses procured by the government arrived last Wednesday night, July 21, 2021, at Naia Terminal 3.
The government reportedly secured the supply agreement with the US drugmaker last month for a total of 40 million Pfizer doses.
All vaccines that landed at the Naia and were secured and stored in temperature controlled refrigerated containers prior to distribution.
Vaccines czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III and other government officials welcomed the Pfizer vaccines at the premier airport.