Moderna applies for emergency COVID-19 vaccine use in the Philippines

April 26, 2021 - 4:10 PM
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: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

MANILA — U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc on Monday filed an application for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, Food and Drug Administration chief Rolando Enrique Domingo told reporters.

The Philippines expects the delivery of 194,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine in May, and another one million shots in July.

The Philippines, which is battling one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, has so far approved the emergency use of six vaccines in the country. —Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales Editing by Ed Davies