OVER 3 million doses of vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday (July 17), including 1.6 million doses of Johnson and Johnson and 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. and US Embassy Charge d' Affaires John Law were at the airport to welcome the J&J shipment.

CDA Law thanked Locsin "for joining us in welcoming the arrival of 1.63 million more US-donated Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines today (Saturday). Together with yesterday's (Friday) delivery, these more than 3.2 million J&J vaccines will help protect millions of Filipinos."

The airport Customs bureau cleared more than 5.89 million doses of various Covid-19 vaccines which arrived in different batches from July 16 to 17, 2021. 

Of this, some 3.24 million are Johnson and Johnson (J&J) doses, 1.5 million are Sinovac doses, and 1.15 million are AstraZeneca.

A separate batch of more than 3 million doses arrived on Saturday, consisting of the 1,634,250 doses of Sputnik and 1.5 million doses of Sinovac.

The shipments were pre-cleared on July 15 at the BOC-Naia Covid-19 One-Stop-Shop upon submission by the Department of Health of all pertinent documents as the consignee. 

Currently, the BOC has cleared six vaccine brands: Sinovac from China, AstraZeneca from the UK, Sputnik V from Russia's Gamaleya, Pfizer and Moderna from the US, and Johnson and Johnson from Europe.

More than 27 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been cleared and released by the Bureau of Customs since February of this year. 

Of this, 14.5 million are Sinovac, 6.8 million are AstraZeneca, 350,000 are Sputnik V, 2.48 million are Pfizer, 500,000 are Moderna, and 3.24 million are Johnson & Johnson.

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