Manila Bulletin
'Xie xie': PH receives 100th shipment of COVID-19 vaccines with Sinovac shots
The Philippines has received its 100th shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of three million Sinovac doses.
This shipment brought the country significantly closer to its target of administering 100 million doses by the end of October.
Of the three million doses, two million were purchased by the Philippine government, and one million were donated by China.
National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for their donation and noted the significance of this shipment.
Galvez highlighted that Sinovac was the first vaccine to reach the Philippines, with an initial donation of 600,000 doses arriving on February 28.
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