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Another half a million CoronaVac arrives in PH
Another half a million CoronaVac arrives in PH
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Another half a million CoronaVac arrives in PH
by Christhel Cuazon30 April 2021

Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccines arrived on Thursday, April 29, completing the government-procured 1.5 million doses for the month.

The China-made vaccines arrived via commercial plane Cebu Pacific at 7:35 AM at NAIA Terminal 2.

vaccine czar ecretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said the vaccines will be distributed immediately particularly in areas that are experiencing high cases of COVID-19.

To date, the country has received a total of 3.5 million Sinovac vaccine doses, including the one million doses donated by the government of China.

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On top of the Chinese vaccines, the government expects the delivery of Russian's Gamaleya Sputnik vaccines in May and the possibility of vaccines under the WHO-led COVAX Facility.

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