Manila Bulletin
LOOK: PAL flight returns with 500,000 Sinovac jabs
Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR359 from Beijing, China arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 5:16 PM on Thursday, April 22, carrying 500,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines.
The flight arrived earlier than its initially scheduled time of 5:50 PM.
The vaccines were purchased by the Philippine government.
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque, Vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez Jr., and Testing czar Vivencio B. Dizon were present to welcome the arrival.
This delivery brings the total number of Sinovac doses delivered by PAL to 2.4 million.
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