Manila Bulletin
China to donate additional 400,000 vaccine doses to PH --- Duterte
China is donating an additional 400,000 doses of Sinovac-made CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines, bringing their total donation to one million doses.
President Duterte announced the donation, with the specific arrival date not yet disclosed.
This new donation follows the recent arrival of 600,000 Sinovac vaccine doses from China.
The Philippine government plans to purchase one million more doses of CoronaVac this March.
Sinovac's CoronaVac is the third Covid-19 vaccine brand approved by the FDA for emergency use in the Philippines.
To date, at least 9,077 Filipinos have received CoronaVac, with minor adverse effects reported in about 20 individuals.
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China's Ambassador to the Philippines, Huang Xilian, confirmed that 600,000 Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses, a testament to the strong friendship and partnership between the two countries, arrived in Manila on Sunday, February 28.
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The Philippines' first batch of 600,000 Sinovac vaccines, donated by China, is scheduled to arrive on Sunday, February 28.
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President Rodrigo Duterte plans a visit to China to personally express his gratitude to President Xi Jinping for the donation of 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines.
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The Philippines officially began its national COVID-19 vaccination program on March 1, 2021, administering the first Sinovac vaccine shots donated by China.
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President Duterte personally received the 600,000 doses of CoronaVac vaccines donated by the Chinese government at Villamor Airbase.
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