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50,000 Sputnik V doses arrive
The Philippines received approximately 50,000 Sputnik V vaccine doses from Russia on Sunday night.
These vaccines will be administered to areas experiencing a surge in COVID-19 infections, according to presidential spokesman Herminio L. Roque, Jr.
The country has now received a total of 80,000 Sputnik V doses.
The government is also expecting around one million more doses of CoronaVac, 1.3 million doses of Pfizer, and 900,000 doses of AstraZeneca by early June.
Additionally, about 200,000 doses of Moderna vaccines are anticipated.
The vaccination of the fourth priority group (economic frontliners and other sectors) is set to begin in June in the capital region and other surge areas like Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Batangas.
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A total of 50,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Manila on Sunday night, May 30, 2021.
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