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PH receives 3M doses of J&J vaccine from US

THE United States has donated over 3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end the coronavirus pandemic.

US Embassy in Manila acting Press Attaché Jonathan Rose said in a statement on Monday that on July 16 and 17, the United States delivered 3,240,850 doses of the single-dose vaccine to the Philippines.

JANSSEN VAX ARRIVES. Airport personnel assist a forklift operator in unloading the second batch of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) Janssen vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Saturday afternoon (July 17, 2021). Around 1,606,600 doses of Janssen vaccine were donated by J&J to the Philippines. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)