Philippines signs deal for 40m Pfizer or BioNTech Covid jabs: Report

The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, CNN Philippines said on Sunday, citing the head of the government's Covid-19 vaccine procurement.

Deliveries of the vaccine, among several brands of coronavirus shots allowed for emergency use in the Southeast Asian country, will begin 'after eight weeks starting August', Carlito Galvez was quoted as saying.