Manila Bulletin
PH gets biggest shipment of Sputnik V jabs from Russia
The Philippines has received an additional 100,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, which arrived on Friday night, June 11, 2021.
The vaccines landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 via Qatar Airways Flight QR928 at 10:32 p.m.
This shipment marks the third batch of Sputnik V vaccines to arrive in the Philippines, following previous deliveries of 15,000 doses on May 1, another 15,000 on May 12, and 50,000 doses on May 31.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov were among the officials present to welcome the arrival of the new vaccine doses.
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