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1M more doses of Sinovac vaccines arrive in PH
The Philippines received another one million doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine on Thursday, June 10, bringing the total vaccine supply to 10.3 million.
This shipment is the tenth batch of Sinovac vaccines to arrive in the country.
Over six million doses have been administered nationwide as of June 9, with 4,632,826 individuals receiving their first dose and 1,681,722 fully vaccinated.
Additional vaccine deliveries are expected, including 2.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses and another 1.5 million doses of Sinovac on June 17.
The Pfizer vaccines will be allocated to areas with cold chain requirements, including Metro Cebu and Metro Davao, and to priority groups A1 to A3.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that the newly arrived vaccines will be distributed to regions with high COVID-19 cases, including NCR Plus.
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