Another half a million CoronaVac arrives in PH

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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.

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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