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New Sinovac delivery raises PH vax total to 29.9 million
As of July 22, the Philippines has secured 164 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for 2021, with 29,985,130 doses already delivered.
A batch of 1.5 million Sinovac vaccine doses arrived on July 22, bringing the total number of vaccine doses to 29,985,130.
Of the total delivered doses, 17.5 million are Sinovac vaccines, including one million donated by China.
The government has secured 26 million Sinovac shots this year.
As of July 18, over 4.7 million Filipinos were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with more than 15 million doses administered in total.
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. is targeting more vaccination sites to make it more convenient for the public and is investigating a reported incident of vaccine spoilage in Muntinlupa.
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