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15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine arrive in Manila
The initial batch of 15,000 Sputnik V vaccines arrived in the Philippines on Saturday afternoon.
The vaccines arrived at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via a Qatar Airways flight at 3:42 p.m.
This trial order is separate from a larger order of 480,000 doses.
The Philippines anticipates receiving 1 to 2 million Sputnik V doses in May and 2 million in June.
Cities like Manila, Taguig, Makati, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa were slated to receive an initial 3,000 doses each for a simulation activity, provided they met the required cold storage facilities.
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