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Duterte to skip arrival of first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines
President Rodrigo Duterte is not scheduled to attend the arrival of 15,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, which are considered a trial order.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque stated that the initial batch of Sputnik V vaccines requires a storage facility with a temperature of -20 degrees Celsius.
A larger shipment of approximately 480,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses is anticipated to arrive the following day.
Roque suggested that President Duterte might attend the arrival of the bulk Sputnik V vaccines, with an additional 485,000 doses expected within the month.
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